Record ID: NLM-47636B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. Dirham of the Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258), as kindly identified by the finder. Paul Cannon kindly comments: 'I believe this to be a dirham of al-Mu’tadid. It is dated 288 AH ie AD 900/901. The mint is al-Shash'. This coin must indicate Viking trade links to have been discovered in Yorkshire. ?Obverse description; three horizontal lines of Arabic text; inscription of tiny letters in two orders. Reverse description: Four vertical bars, inscription of larger letters in a single order. Diameter: 27.9mm, Weight: 2.88gms
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2022
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-1D8A07
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy and enamel object of likely Early Medieval date. The object appears to be largely complete apart from patches of surface loss, minor edge damage and the loss of the outer parts of the reverse perforated lugs. The object consists of a plate with uneven thickness and a slightly curved profile. In plan it is rectangular with one end rounded the other end rectilinear, the rounded end terminating with a projecting circular knop. The obverse of the object is decorated with geometric motifs executed in champlevé enamel. The design is executed in two mai…
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
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Record ID: KENT-38369C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy disc brooch of Scandinavian Jellinge type, dating to the period c. AD 900-1000 (though maybe closer to the first half of the century). Description: The brooch is of single piece construction consisting of an openwork very slightly convex domed decorative front plate.. The front plate demonstrates decoration in the Jellinge style, of a thin and sinuous beast whose body weaves and intertwines into a broadly S-shape, due to the wear it isn't clear however it appears to be quadruped with legs splayed either side of the sinuous body. On the rear, the ba…
Created on: Tuesday 17th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 6th June 2022
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Record ID: LIN-BDB0B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete early medieval Merovingian gold tremissis, 'mint and moneyer' or 'National Series' broadly dating c.AD580-670 although this coin may date c.620-640, mint unknown but probably Austrasia/Frisia (roughly encompassing parts of NE France, N Germany and the Low Countries), cf. Belfort nos 3016, 3029-32, MEC1, nos 510-11. Refs: Belfort 1892: 380, 383; Grierson and Blackburn 1986: 125, pl. 24. The coin was struck on a small flan with the inscription only partially visible owing to the die being larger than the flan. Diameter: 11.14 mm; Thickness: 1.37 mm; Weight: 1.22g …
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 26th May 2022
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Record ID: DEV-433A0B
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval copper alloy stirrup strap mount of Williams' (1997) Class B, Type 2, group 4, dating to the period c. AD 1000 - 1100. The strap mount is loosely square in shape, with an openwork design with four apertures separated by a central vertical and horizontal bar. There is a rectangular flange which extends at right angles on the lower part of the object, and a rectangular plate atop the openwork area with a central circular aperture for attachment. The mount is elaborately decorated with a raised moulded design which incorporates both anthropomorphic and zoomorphic …
Created on: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 16th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sampford Courtenay CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-DA741C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy and cloisonné enamel circular brooch of Weetch Type 20 A. The brooch comprises a circular plate with pin fixings at the rear and a raised edge to form a circular recess in which is a decorative enamel inlay. The pin is missing. Projecting from the edge of the plate are the remnants of eight evenly spaced circular lobes. These originally had a small circular recess to hold a glass inlay, however only four are complete enough to exhibit this recess and none retain the inlay. The recess on the front of the plate is filled with a geometric design of Cloisonné …
Created on: Friday 25th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-C5B01A
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy disc-headed pin from a linked-pin set of early medieval date (AD 720 - 800). Description: The disc is flat and circular and has at its centre a circular perforation. One side of the disc has a chip-carved interlaced design and is heavily-gilded. The reverse is rough and undecorated. The object is in poor condition with much of the edge damaged. It has a dark green and brown patchy patina. Measurements: Diameter 26.7mm, Thickness 1.21mm, Weight 2.46g. Discussion: This disc element seems to probably be the head from a disc-headed pin. The mo…
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 24th March 2022
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Record ID: LIN-89F702
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete early medieval Irish enamelled buckle plate dating to c.AD 600-900 The buckle plate is sub-triangular with concave edges, gently tapering to one end and terminating with a circular recess that would have held a setting. It is ornately decorated on one side with zoomorphic and geometric fields filled with alternating yellow and pale cream champlevé enamel. The plate is decorated with a pair of parallel open-jawed zoomorphic creatures depicted in profile, appearing to frame or 'bite' the circular recess. Inside the circular recess are faint concentric grooves an…
Created on: Monday 21st March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 12th April 2022
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Record ID: DUR-CA02A7
Object type: DIE STAMP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy die stamp for making pressblech foils, dating to the Early Medieval period (c.AD550-650). The object is a cast rectangular plate with rounded edges and with deeply incised detail on one flat side; the other surface is flat and undecorated. The incised decoration at one shorter edge a double grooved base with angled ends (giving the effect of a plinth) topped with a smaller plinth and a short column or stem leading onto an inverted crescent shape which holds the basal loop of a larger interwoven 'knot' design with a pointed apex and two loops to either side. In the …
Created on: Monday 28th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2022
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Record ID: KENT-797F0A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval gold Visigothic pseudo-imperial tremissis in the name of Justin I (518-27) probably dating to the mid-late 520s, Tomasini Group JI3, attributed to Narbonne (France). Ref: Tomasini 1964: pl. X nos 216-7; Grierson and Blackburn 1986 (MEC I): pl. 11 no. 189. Reverse prototype: VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, depicting Victory walking right looking left holding wreath and globe cruciger. Mintmark: - *//CONOB Uncertain moneyer and mint. Obverse: DNIVST(I) / NVS PP AVC Degraded diademed and cuirassed bust in paludamentum right, cross on chest. Reverse: VICTORIA …
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2022
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Record ID: LIN-130A7B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) cast copper-alloy cruciform brooch dating to c.AD 475-550. The brooch has a rectangular head plate, decorated along the border borders with a stamped zig-zag line design with one half now very worn. The head plate has a central rectangular panel which is slightly raised. The panel is the same width as the bow; the two long sides have a border design of regularly stamped motif of a triangle and dot at the apex. The head plate has three integral knobs. The one opposite the bow and the one on the right (viewed looking at the fro…
Created on: Monday 7th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Nettleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-34B1CA
Object type: DIE STAMP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy pressblech die of Early Medieval date. The die is circular, flat, decorated on the front and plain on the back. This die matches a the Riseley pendant in Dartford museum The design of the pendant is described by Behr, C., Eagles, B., Saunders, P., & Algar, D. (2016). Anglo-Saxon burials from Shrewton, Wiltshire, England as a "motif shows an unusual figure holding snakes" The parts of the figure is heavily stylised with large, bulbous eyes atop a triangular chin/beard with large lips. The arms are parallel to the body until the elbows, which bend outwards at 90 degr…
Created on: Friday 10th December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 6th January 2022
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Record ID: NLM-1E65F2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast cylindrical weight with a finely incised design on one flat face. The weight has been carefully moulded, lacking the shrinkage lines which can betray the use of an open mould. The design comprises the outline of a plain cross whose centre is marked by a drilled pit. A hand-drawn centre line passes down each arm of the cross, and there is a suspicion of chevron ornament springing from that line. A pointed rhomboid defined by two incised lines is nested in each angle of the cross. A single shallow pit is placed within each rhomboid, and also within the fields remaining…
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-7C5124
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver penny of Offa of Mercia (757-96), Light Coinage (c.784/5-92), moneyer: Heabeorht (Chick 124; North 276.1), mint: Canterbury mint. Ref: Chick 2010: pl. 17, no 124a; Naismith 2017: 133-6. The coin is in fair condition, worn and chipped. Obverse: Central cross surrounded by inscription +O/FF/A R/EX Reverse: Central saltire of lobes surrounded by inscription +HE(ligated).AB.EH.RT (with rosette stops)
Created on: Tuesday 26th October 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-6C42C5
Object type: HANGING BOWL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, corroded copper alloy and enamel escutcheon from a type B or C hanging bowl of Early Medieval date (likely mid-6th to mid-7th century AD). The object is slightly convex and was once presumably circular, missing less than half its surface area but the majority of the original rim, making the original circumference uncertain. The decoration on the front of the object consists of three trumpet-spiral “peltae”, all emanating from a shared central spiral. A probable fragment of red enamel indicates the object was likely inlaid with a red enamel field. The reverse i…
Created on: Wednesday 13th October 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th November 2021
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Record ID: WILT-41265C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper alloy and enamel buckle, dating to c AD 650 - 750. It consists of the loop of what was probably a three-part buckle. Tongue and plate (which would have been integral to one another) and what was probably a sub-triangular body, are missing. The loop is sub-pelta shape with the outer edge possibly taking the form of two opposed stylised zoomorphic heads, raised up, their snake-like tails continuing around the loop and almost meeting at the attachment end. Below the raised heads is a half-round pin notch. The beasts are indicated by sub-rectangular and…
Created on: Monday 11th October 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-ED7722
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn, copper-alloy mount of late Early-Medieval date depicting a human head. The item is domed in section with a concave reverse and an overall sub-oval shape when viewed in plan. The figure is shown as bare headed with four shallow groves that run around the top and sides of the head depicting hair that is separated by a central parting. A central rectangular nose with flared base for nostrils is flanked by oval eyes that have a recessed border. Below the nose a thick moustache frames a simple mouth that is formed from a single horizontal slot, under which projects a forked beard t…
Created on: Thursday 7th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th November 2021
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Record ID: HAMP-1983FB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete early medieval silver penny of Eadgar (959-75), 'reform portrait' coinage (North752; BMC vi) dating to c AD 972/3-975, moneyer: Byrhtric, mint: Lympne. Ref: North 1994: 149-50.
Created on: Monday 27th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 5th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winnall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-1F3D6D
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) iron and copper-alloy gilded shield boss-apex disc dating to the 6th century AD. The object consists of a narrow-rimmed apex disc measuring 39.95 x 37.48 mm that is decorated with a pair of confronted crouched creatures consisting of two profile Style I animals in a gilded, relief-cast field. The two creatures are quadrupeds, each with a raised front limb. the animal's heads comprise curved profile heads that flare at the terminal and curl upwards at the opposite end. They have a small oval pellet for an eye, below are curved ridges for the e…
Created on: Wednesday 15th September 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-3AC379
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Two fragments of a silver early medieval penny of either Edmund (939-46) or Eadred (946-55), Horizontal/Two-line type (reverse type HT1; North 688 or 706), moneyer: Baldwin, mint: uncertain (Mercia/Wessex?). Ref: North 1994: 138, 141. The coin is in two adjoining pieces, an uneven break separating the two fragments. Together they form approximately a third of the coin. The coin weighs 0.43g. 17.5mm long (both pieces joined), 9.6mm wide and 0.8mm thick.
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
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