Record ID: WREX-E59552
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver Roman denarius of Caligula (AD 37-41), honouring Augustus, dating to the period c.AD 37-41 (Reece period 1). Obverse: C CAESAR AVG G[ERM P M TR POT] (COS), Bare head of Caligula right. Reverse: No legend. Radiate head of Augustus right, between two stars. Mint of Lugdunum RIC I (2nd ed.), p. 108, no. 2 Diameter: 12.5mm; weight: 3.21g Die axis: 9
Created on: Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Upton Magna', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-9984CC
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy seal matrix of late medieval date c.1300-1400AD. The seal is a pointed oval (vesica) shape with a pierced lug on the reverse. The central motif, which is surrounded by a plain border, comprises a bird of prey (possibly a hawk). A band of lettering surrounds this central image. The legend reads * S' WILL'I DE MAVTO (Seal of William de Mauto). The reverse of the object is plain with an integral suspension loop cast towards the top of the object. Dimensions: 26.3mm; width: 17.7mm; thickness (exc. suspension loop): 1.9mm; weight: 2.71g
Created on: Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Last updated: Monday 15th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ruckley and Langley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-7B9322
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver medieval penny of William II (1087-1100), Cross Voided type (North 853; BMC 3) dating c.AD1093-1096, moneyer: Osbern, mint: Lincoln. Ref: North 1994: 192. Obverse has the crowned bust of the king, between two stars, facing. The legend reads PILLELM RE. The obverse has a voided cross with the legend +OSBRNE ON LINC. Diameter: 19.5mm; weight: 1.3g
Created on: Tuesday 8th September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 21st April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cockshutt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-FCE55B
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Later Early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian style) copper alloy sword pommel, dating from c. AD 900 - 1100. The pommel is broadly triangular in shape and has a hollow interior. The base curves upwards towards the outer edges. The pommel is divided into five lobes, increasing in size from the edges to the centre, each separated from its neighbour by a groove. On the upper edge of the central lobe is an oval shaped aperture, through which the tang of the sword would have passed. A corresponding rectangular slot is present on centre of the the lower edge. The pommel has a li…
Created on: Wednesday 4th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 12th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corvedale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-44097D
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
4 gold and 15 silver Iron Age coins from TEME VALLEY, Shropshire Report to H M Coroner BM ref.: 2018 T340; PAS ID: HESH-44097D This report will consider these coins with respect to the criteria laid down in the Treasure act (1996): Namely, their age, precious metal content and whether the coins can be said to come from the same find. Circumstances of discovery: Iron Age coins were reported to the PAS Finds Liaison Officer Peter Reavill by the landowners of a farm in Shropshire in March 2018. They are thought to have been found by two metal-detector users durin…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 16th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Teme Valley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-01B640
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy belt mount dating to the medieval period, (1100-1500). The object is a hollow convex pointed oval mount. On the rear of the object is the stub of an integral spike for attachment. The spike is square in cross-section. The upper surface is undecorated. The object has a dark green patina and is in good condition. Dimensions: 19mm in length, 11mm width, 3mm thick, 1.75g
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2016
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke upon Tern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-00E8E4
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval pendant hanger or suspension mount from a horse harness pendant, probably dating to the 14th century AD. The suspension mount is rectangular in plan. Integral to the rectangular mount is double-circular lugs with circular rivet holes on either side. Projecting from the rear of the object are two integral circular studs for attachment. The object has a dark green patina and is in fair condition. Similar examples which can be found on the PAS database include LVPL-16BD62 and BH-1F3E30. Dimensions: 19mm in width, 21mm in length, 5mm thick, 6.40g
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke upon Tern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-007A87
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A forged gilded shilling of an Elizabeth I, first issue. The initial mark is a fleur-de-lis, AD 1559-60. Obverse: ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGI; crowned bust left. Reverse: POSVI DVE ADIVTOREM MEV; square shield over long cross fourchee. The coin has been pierced at 2.00 and folded across the centre before being straightened out again. The coin has not been clipped. Numismatist Carl Savage notes: The coin looks like it has been broken and stuck together and gilded the obverse legend is also wrong as the full title of REGINA is normally shown on obverse of genuin…
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2016
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke upon Tern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-D5511E
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy (bronze) flat axe of the Early Bronze Age, dating from c. BC 2500 - BC 2050 The flat axe is broadly sub rectangular in plan with a splayed crescent shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with slight tapering edges. In cross section the axe is lentoid in shape. The butt is relatively thin having a flat edge, the butt has been broken. The patina at the break matches with the rest of the axe suggesting the break occurred in antiquity. The sides of the axe gently expand in width from the butt to the blade; in shape they are relatively straight. There…
Created on: Monday 5th September 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-F5D5CD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy one-piece brooch of 'Nauheim derivative' La Tene III type of the Late Iron Age or early Roman period, dating from c. AD 25 - c. AD 100. The brooch has a head with an internal chord which passes underneath the incomplete bilateral four-coil spring one of which forms the pin, which is now missing. One side of the coil is missing presumed lost in antiquity. The brooch body is rectangular in plan and square in section, and has a slightly arched profile similar to many brooches of this type. The body tapers into a narrow undecorated foot. It retains its unperf…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2016
Last updated: Friday 29th July 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-DDA2BD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy developed crossbow brooch, dating to the Roman period circa AD 320-400. The brooch is incomplete due to the missing pin and hinge mechanism and slightly damaged pin rest at the rear. The brooch is broadly 'P'-shaped in profile and 'T' shaped in plan, with a large 'onion' shaped knob on the head of the bow and on either ends of the crossbar. The knop at the head of the bow is onion shaped with a protruding rounded projection at the top. It is possibly that the onion shaped knops at either end of the crossbow also had these projections which were subse…
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2016
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Record ID: LVPL-6D3326
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The hoard consists of jetons produced in Nuremberg from the mid 16th century to the early 17th century. At this time the jeton masters of Nuremberg had the largest monopoly on jeton production in Europe and their products where widely distributed throughout Europe and are common finds in England and Wales. Jetons were used as counting tokens by government officials and merchants to conduct their financial calculations during the later medieval and post medieval period. The use of jetons in official accounting gradually dwindled following the adoption of the Arabic decimal system in…
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2016
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke upon Tern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-F8516E
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Scabbard chape of the Iron Age period, dating from c. BC 100 - c. AD 50. The object would have been broadly V shaped in plan and is broadly C shaped in section. The outer edge of the object is convex. There is a round edge at the top of the object which tapers in and curves out to form a semi circular bump on the outside edge. This tapers gently to the base where it forms a V shape. The right arm of the chape has been broken and is now missing, presumed lost in antiquity. The inner edge tapers out to form a triangular projection, this projection is deco…
Created on: Wednesday 20th January 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 7th July 2021
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: HESH-B1BD49
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An exceptionally large flint blade of possible late (upper) Palaeolithic or more probable early Mesolithic date (12000 -6500 BC) or early Neolithic date (3500-2300 BC). The blade is broadly sub-rectangular in shape and triangular(crested) in cross section. The prepared striking platform is present as is the keeled bulb of percussion on the ventral face. The dorsal face shows a number of vertical flake scars (ridges / crests) formed by the removal of other flakes from a large prepared core prior to the creation of this blade - all these removals have been caused by blades being taken i…
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 31st October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-E73F68
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age bronze palstave; a Group I palstave of Primary Shield Pattern type and of Acton Park Metalworking 1 metalworking Industry corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 4 and probably dated to c. 1600 - 1450BC The palstave is near-complete (with a length of 161mm and a weight of 575.5g). The butt (29.2mm wide and 3.2mm thick) is damaged, possibly from the casting but appears to have ben straight. The sides are straight and broadly parallel as far as the stop (31.6mm wide at the stop). Below the stop (10mm), the sides are prominently nicked (32.8mm wide), below which the…
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-B7DED5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete cast copper alloy late Iron Age La Tène II style brooch, dating to the period c. 300 - 200 BC. The brooch is broadly irregular in plan and is rectangular in cross section; in profile it is gently bowed (forming a shallow C shape). The overall shape of the brooch is formed from three interlocking / conjoining circular hoops, within each hoop is a saltire cross formed of spokes emanating from a central projecting boss or knop. The overall form is shaped like a wheel. It is likely that these spokes were formed by drilling / cutting the shape rather than being cast. From …
Created on: Tuesday 18th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 10th August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ludlow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-CAB621
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin Probably Princes of Gwynedd 'Short Cross' penny in the name of Henry of England Rhuddlan, moneyer: Simon (d), probably c. 1200-1210, under Llewelyn ab Iorwerth SIMON.ON.RVLA Braw 3335 1.21g
Created on: Friday 7th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 7th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-CA251D
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy anthropomorphic handle probably from a razor of early Roman date, c. 1st or 2nd century AD The handle is comparatively slight and is near-complete, missing the loop and the iron blade is lost (with a surviving length of 42.5mm and a weight of 10.1g). At the apex of the handle is a damaged suspension loop, probably of rectangular section (4.9mm long, 2.4mm wide and with an internal diameter of 2.6mm). The loop sits towards the rear of a depiction of a human head. The head is the widest and deepest part of the handle (with a width of 9.5mm, a depth of 9.7mm and a l…
Created on: Friday 7th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 7th November 2014
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Record ID: WMID-D41666
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver pedestal / pendant Seal Matrix of the Post Medieval Period (circa AD 1500 - AD 1700). The die (face) of the seal is oval in plan. The reverse face rises into an irregular tapering six sided pedestal topped by two collars, made from concentric circumferential moulded bands, between which is a tapered section. Above the concentric bands is a globular knop pierced by a single traverse suspension hole (internal diameter: 3.4 mm). A small globular knop sits on the very top of the object. No orientation marks are present. The die depicts a peacock facing right (left on impres…
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Market Drayton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-CECCE3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver, Medieval, penny of Henry II (AD 1154 - AD 1189) Cross and crosslets (Tealby) type (AD 1158 to AD 1180), Bust F issued AD 1170 - AD 1180. Mint unknown. Moneyer unknown. North page 217, number 961/1. Diameter: 20 mm Thickness: 0.8 mm Weight: 1.2 g
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 21st October 2014
Spatial data recorded.