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: SWYOR-08DC45
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval official seal matrix dating from AD 1200 - 1400. It is of pointed oval form (vessica shaped) and has a central rib on the reverse, with a pieced loop at one end. The loop is 10mm long, 2.5mm wide and the hole is 3.5mm diameter. The central design is a building with a central tower, flanked by a tower at each side (probably a church building), above an ashlar bridge of three pointed arches over wavy lines to represent water. This is probably a heraldic representation of the Deanery of Boroughbridge. The inscription is interrupted by the ends of the bridge, …
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 8th December 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-892D9A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged silver hammered coin; a long cross penny of Edward II (1307-1327), Class 6 or 7, Withers Type 8 or 9 dating from about AD 1312-1318. The coin has odd differential patination on the obverse, and this face is very worn. It is possible that the coin was once bent. On the reverse, recent scrape marks obscure most of the legend, perhaps caused by a journey through an agricultural machine. The surviving part of the legend is ":VI[L L]AB ERE [WYC']" rendered retrograde. This identifies the coin as a product of the Berwick mint. See North number 1082 on page 39 and Withers and Withe…
Created on: Tuesday 28th April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-97E0E5
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy openwork incomplete scabbard chape, of Early Medieval date, about AD 900 - 1000. The object is an almost flat piece of openwork metal, with two fairly complete edges and the other sides broken. The angle of the two unbroken sides suggests that the object could have been pentagonal or lozenge shaped. The front is decorated; it is moulded with an anthropomorphic head motif (probably originally central but now near the broken right hand edge), surrounded by apparently interlaced ribbon work forming an arc over the top of the head and filling the space to the sides. The dec…
Created on: Monday 11th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 14th January 2020
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Record ID: DUR-9EBADD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, slightly clipped silver farthing of Edward III dated to 1333 - 1342. Withers Type 8, Berwick mint The flan is bent giving a wavy edge. The coin is worn making the legends indistinct, although the portrait is clear. Obverse description: portrait facing. Right fleur on crown is bifoliate. Drapery is wedged. Inner circle is present. Obverse inscription: ...WARDUS .... Reverse description: Long cross dividing legend. Upper right and lower left quarters contain three pellets. Lower right and upper left contain a different symbol (unclear), which is pro…
Created on: Tuesday 24th September 2019
Last updated: Friday 10th January 2020
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Record ID: DUR-2B2230
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and heavily worn silver halfpenny of the medieval period, probably from the reign of Edward III (AD1327-77). Second Coinage Class 2 - Withers Type 2 - North 1100/2- c.AD1335-43 (note rare Lombradic 'n' on reverse) Obverse description: Crowned bust facing. Obverse inscription: [EDWARD]US [RE]X A[N_] Reverse description: Solid long-cross with three pellets in each angle. Reverse inscription: CIVI [T]A[S] LOn DOn The coin is in poor condition with a great deal of wear on both faces. It has been clipped around the flan and has been knocked several times lea…
Created on: Thursday 1st August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-36295C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman silver coin: a probable contemporary copy of a denarius of Hadrian (AD 117 - 138) dating from AD 132 - 134 (Reece Period 6). SECVRITAS PVBLICA COS III P P reverse type depicting Securitas, draped, seated left, holding sceptre in right hand and resting head on left. Mint of Rome. The coin has a diameter of 17.39mm and a thickness of 2.24mm. It weighs 2.97g. This coin is similar to RIC II Hadrian 221c, but the obverse shows a laureate head of Hadrian right. Compare http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.hdn.221c image (the reverse legend is incorrectly transcribed) and the obve…
Created on: Wednesday 26th June 2019
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
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Record ID: DUR-7BB2FA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Ansate ('caterpillar') brooch of the early medieval period (AD650-850). Description: Approximately two thirds of the brooch survives, which includes one terminal and the most of the bow section. The pin is missing. Overall, the shape of the bow is composed of three rectangular faces, each of which is decorated. The middle face is decorated with four incised lines forming a diamond-like shape and there is a knop in each corner. The middle face would have been surrounded by two other faces in a contiguous line, which formed the curve of the bow, but only …
Created on: Friday 24th May 2019
Last updated: Monday 24th May 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-1CF7D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An openwork, copper alloy slightly arched plate brooch, possibly of Iron Age date, about 300 BC - 100 BC. It is probably a Hull and Hawkes type 2Bb brooch. The design consists of two U shaped elements, joined in the centres of their bases by a large pellet. The uprights of both U shapes curve outwards through 180 degrees at the top and terminate in spherical pellet knops so that the brooch resembles two lyres fastened base to base. The design is completed by a single pellet between the tops of each pair of uprights where they begin to curve outwards. One of the pelleted knops at the e…
Created on: Thursday 25th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 11th December 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-107F44
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy incomplete rapier or dirk of Middle Bronze Age date, from the Arreton or Acton Park I phases, about 1500 -1400 BC. It is probably a Group II blade of Taplow Type. The blade has a trapezoidal hilt with the surviving shoulder rounded and containing a single rivet hole. The other shoulder is missing, with an old patinated break across its rivet hole. The top edge is slightly concave between the shoulders, but this is probably owing to damage. The blade narrows from the shoulders to the break, the edges being slightly concave. The blade is elliptical in cross-section, wi…
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2019
Last updated: Friday 29th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-D206A8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy bull's head vessel or bucket mount dated to the late Iron Age / Early Roman period, about 300 BC - 300 AD. The figurative mount is in the form of a bovine (ox, cow or bull) head, with horns and a long nose. It is a rounded rectangle in cross section. The horns project from the upper corners of the mount. They taper to a blunt point and are slightly curved. At least two vertical lines are incised on the brow, perhaps representing a fringe of hair or a forelock, or a strip of binding. At the base of the fringe lines is a transverse raised panel. It is decorated wi…
Created on: Monday 4th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 10th December 2019
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Record ID: DUR-9B060B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very fine Early Medieval gold Merovingian tremissis of the 'National gold' series dating to c. AD 580-670. Unidentified mint and moneyer, possibly Frisian. The obverse depicts a bust facing left, crude in style, wearing a diadem and with stylised drapery. There is a partial linear border to the left. A large 'A' behind the head is a feature of some early sceattas. The reverse shows a Latin cross within a wreath-like border but no circumferential border is visible. The coin has strong similarities in its design to Crondall tremissis 20 although this coin has the 'inscription' o…
Created on: Wednesday 31st October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 8th May 2019
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Record ID: DUR-7D2418
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold noble of the Medieval period, from the reign of Edward III (AD1327-1377). Minted in Calais in the Post Treaty period AD 1369-1377. North 1280 Obverse description: King standing, facing, in a ship, holding sword and shield, flag at stern of ship; quatrefoil over sail, saltire stops. Obverse inscription: EDW ARD DI GRA REX ANGL ꟻ FRANC DnS HIB ꟻ AQVIT Reverse description: Royal florated cross, lis at ends, trefoils; in each angle lion passant, guardant, with crowns above; all within eight arch tressure; double saltire stops. Reverse inscription: IhC AVTEM TRANS…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yafforth Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-9C315A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of an Early Medieval hanging bowl dating from about AD 500 - 700. Part of the rim and upper half survives in several pieces, and two of the escutcheons and their attached annular loops. The curvature of the largest surviving piece suggests a rim diameter of about 200mm. The rim is made from sheet which curves inwards to form a wide concave gulley immediately below the rim, and is then slightly everted and thickened a little at the rim forming an angled top. The thickened part of the rim is about 2.6mm thick. About 60% of the rim survives, in four pieces. The wall of the ves…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd May 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-393090
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age copper-alloy coin, core of a plated gold stater of the North Eastern Region / Corieltavi, dating to the period c.AD 25-35, copy of a 'Dumnocoveros Tigirsneo' type. Obverse: [D]V-M[N], vertical wreath with inscription either side between plain lines, pellet or spiral rings in each quadrant. Reverse: Lunate horse left, unclear motifs or legends above and below. The coin has a brown patina. This is a core of a plated stater probably copying a stater of Dumnocoveros Tigirsneo type, cf.ABC p. 101, no. 1971; BMC nos. pl. 107, 3325-3327. The coin is 16.3mm diameter, 2.5mm thick a…
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Last updated: Sunday 5th May 2019
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Record ID: LVPL-9FD340
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Late Early-Medieval stirrup strap-mount of Williams Class B, Type 3 dating to c.1000-1100. The mount is openwork and zoomorphic in form with a trapezoidal shape. The flange angles downwards and outwards. The strap mount has a single, moulded central head with prominent snout, brow-ridge and annulet eyes. Projecting from the head is a moulded pair of antlers or perhaps ears. Each side of the head is a circular perforation. A third perforation sits above the head between the antlers or ears. Either side of the snout is another larger circular perforation. …
Created on: Friday 21st April 2017
Last updated: Friday 21st July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-9E5945
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy long flanged axehead (developed flat axe) dating from the final phase of the Early to the earliest Middle Bronze Age (c. 2000 - 1700 BC). The axehead is most probably of the axe type Arreton which is dated to Early Bronze Age III, of metalworking stage V, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 3 circa 2000 - 1700 CAL BC. The object has straight sides which are faceted with visible hammering marks, a rounded butt and a flared cutting edge with concave shoulders. The cutting edge is crescentic in plan and measures 1mm thick. The axe has a median b…
Created on: Friday 21st April 2017
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherburn in Elmet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-775EF0
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete silver vervel (hawk ring) dating to the post medieval period, c. AD 1550-1700 The vervel comprises the band, D-shaped section, with applied shield. The outer surface of the band is inscribed 'S WYLL MMALL' (Sir William Mallory). The flat-topped shield has a stylised horse's head inscribed onto the surface. The shield has been soldered at the point where the two ends of the ring join. The vervel has a mid grey patina and is generally in very good condition. Dimensions: External diameter of band:9.68mm. Internal diameter of band: 8.45mm. Band Thick…
Created on: Friday 7th April 2017
Last updated: Monday 30th May 2022
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Record ID: DUR-63DCBC
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: The hoard contains five silver coins of the Last Small Cross type of Aethelred II (978-1016). Last Small Cross type were issued between c.1009-1017, toward the end of his reign. All five coins are conform to the 777 type (fig 8) set out by North (1994, 160), with the obverse inscription 'ÆÐELRED REX ANG LOR'and the bust style indicating they are from Lincoln and York district mints. The size of the group is consistent with the contents of a purse. Coins of this type routinely have a silver content far in excess of the 10% threshold stipulated by the Treasure Act (1…
Created on: Thursday 6th April 2017
Last updated: Monday 30th May 2022
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Record ID: YORYM-FFC826
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2017 T185 Summary: Seven (7) fragments of Bronze Age Ewart Park Phase swords dating to the period c.-1000-800 BC. Composition: 1 x hilt fragment 4 x blade fragments 2 x tip fragments Description: 1. Hilt Fragment The hilt is lozenge-shaped with a rectangular section and abraded breaks to either end. It comprises the base of the handle, the shoulders, and a short length of blade. The uppermost portion of the hilt, the base of the handle, begins slightly below the point at which the lower of two hilt rivets would have bee…
Created on: Friday 24th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 23rd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skipton Area', grid reference and parish protected.