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Record ID: OXON-C4AB75
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead cast token of an unknown date. it is broadly circular in plan with an irregular projection. The upper surface is flat in plan, the reverse side is covered in a mottled corrosion product.
The token is 22.8mm in diameter, 3.1mm thick, and weighs 5.74 grams.
Undecorated lead discs had a wide variety of uses including as weights, tickets and gaming tokens. They are believed to be locally produced for a local use. The plain nature of these objects makes their intended purpose and dating difficult to ascertain. Similar objects have been found in contexts from the …
Created on: Friday 16th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 16th June 2023
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Record ID: GAT-C3B645
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy mount, possibly part of a buckle.
The mount is roughly rectangular in plan with open work decoration in the form of a central diamond and sub circular perforations in each quadrant. The mount also features linear decoration.
The mount is truncated at either end.
Created on: Friday 16th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 16th June 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Llanddyfnan', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SUSS-B24FA6
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy hollow globular pierced object of uncertain function and date.
The object is globular with a plano-convex side profile, and is pierced with a circular perforation measuring 1.7mm through the centre of the the domed apex. The object is hollow, with a circular mouth on the underside measuring 6.71mm in diameter. The metal surface is worn and abraded, pitted with corrosion with a dark green patina with brighter green areas.
Measurements: diameter 14.46mm, height 11.56mm, weight 8.46g.
Created on: Thursday 15th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: GLO-9DBADB
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy bead that is curricular in plan and biconical in profile with a flattened top and bottom surface. There is a hole in the centre which is 3.5mm in diameter.
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
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Record ID: GLO-9DB41A
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy bead that is curricular in plan and biconical in profile with a flattened top and bottom surface. There is a hole in the centre which is 2.3mm in diameter.
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
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Record ID: GLO-9DAD55
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy bead that is curricular in plan and biconical in profile with a flattened top and bottom surface. There is a hole in the centre which is 2.8mm in diameter.
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
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Record ID: GLO-9D9F67
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small fragment of a copper alloy Unidentified object. That consists of a curving perimeter suggesting the original item has a pronounced curving or even circular form. The face is decorated with two panels of 4 lines, with each set alternating between the vertical and horizontal axis. Assuming this is a circular object, this decoration could form an outer band.
The rear is undecorated with a steep bevelled edge.
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
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Record ID: LIN-850795
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast, copper-alloy object, possibly a nail or rivet. Uncertain date.
The object is broadly R-shaped in form comprising of a curved and a straight element. A design reminiscent of a trumpet with a flaring sub-rectangular terminal, with one end tapering into a blunted point. The body is sub-circular in cross-section. Dark greenish-brown patina.
Length: 53.32 mm; Width: 34.50 mm; Thickness: 4.73 mm; Weight: 14.98g
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 11th October 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-845F52
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy object, probably a ring handle of indeterminate age. The ring is solid cast, oval in plan (68.9mm x 62.0mm) and teardrop-shaped in section with a rounder interna edge and a more pronounced external edge (ring width c.7.7mm wide x 4.2mm thick). The ring lacks any diagnostic features to estimate precise function or relative date.
The metal has a brownish-green smooth patina with large areas of rough mid- to light-green corrosion and weighs 28.39g.
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
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Record ID: GAT-72EB03
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy object.
The find is undiagnostic, and primarily plain, although a linear indent runs along one side. It is roughly sub-rectangularly/triangular in form.
Given how fragmented the find is, it is not possible to positively identify a function or date.
Created on: Monday 12th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 12th June 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Aberdaron', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SUSS-5AC6B4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy wedge shaped object of uncertain date.
The object is solid and trapezoidal with a triangular side profile. The edges and surfaces are worn and rounded with casting seams surviving on each side surface and along the damaged thin long edge.
Measurements: 19.46mm long, 25.88mm wide, 7.65mm at thickest end and weighs 15.94g.
The object resembles a miniature axehead in form but is poorly cast with casting seams around both sides and the thin long edge and is unlikely bronze age in date. It is also quite large for a miniature votive. As suc…
Created on: Sunday 11th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 26th July 2023
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Record ID: NMS-059C2A
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy casting jet of unknown date. One surface is ovoid (25 x 21mm), slightly concave and rough with traces of white-metal near the edge. The other surface, convex and smooth, tapers asymmetrically to a round-sectioned sprue (diameter 5mm). Weight 10.59g.
Created on: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: SF-DDFBA3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy unidentified object of an uncertain date. The terminal is triangular in plan and section and probably zoomorphic in the form of a bird's beak. Emerging from the neck of the bird is is a flat broadly circular plate with central circular aperture. At the other end the piece terminates in an old, worn break.
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 5th June 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Near Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: ESS-88ED0E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy unidentified object of unknown date.
Description: The object is trapezoid in cross-section and has four rounded lobes formed from one end and running along each longitudinal edge with a rounded leaf-type shape terminal at the other end. Both ends end in transverse breaks. There is a flat ridge along the length of the front of the object, that bisects each of the lobes. The reverse has one raised rounded knop. The object is undecorated on both sides. It has a light green patina.
Measurements: length:&nb…
Created on: Thursday 1st June 2023
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
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Record ID: WMID-7560F8
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thin sheet of either gold, or gold plated metal which is wrapped around an iron component.
The sheet is decorated by sets of parallel indentations which run along the surface in a diagonal direction. The decoration appears to have been machined. Though the purpose / function of this object is not immediately clear, its style of manufacture indicates a modern date. It may have been a component of a bespoke Victorian writing implement such as a fountain pen. It has been described as non-diagnostic for the Bronze Age, Roman, Medieval and Post-Medieval per…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: BERK-74A72A
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead weight of uncertain date. The weight is circular in plan and trapezoidal in section. The base is wider than the top. On the top are indentations, probably letters (G O).
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Sunday 26th November 2023
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Record ID: ESS-5FA503
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of three lead-alloy unidentified objects of unknown date.
Description: The objects are oval, plano-convex with a domed base and flat top.
1) Surface is mid-grey. Flat top is decorated with a 3x3 grid pattern.
Measurements: length 13.1mm, width 11.3mm, thickness 3.9mm. weight 3.20g
2) Surface is dark grey. Flat top is decorated with indistinct pattern. Convex base is polished. Recent break to edge.
Measurements: length 12.4mm, width 9.8mm, thickness 4.6mm. weight 3.20g
3) Surface is dark grey. Flat top is decorated with indistinct pattern
Measure…
Created on: Tuesday 30th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-21F221
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small piece of gold of undetermined age, domed on the top with an irregular base. Most likely formed from a molten drop solidifying on a surface.
It measures 6.3x5.7.4.9mm and weighs 0.96 grams.
Created on: Saturday 27th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Rotherwick', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: ESS-B8132C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead weight of unknown date.
Description: The object is a cylindrical, circular in plan with low sides. It is perforated on each face with circular holes, one much wider than the other. It is grey in colour, there is no decoration and there are marks and dents all over the surface. An irregular groove runs around the circumference.
Measurements: diameter 34.6mm, thickness 13.2mm, weight 89.41g.
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
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Record ID: NMS-8EDD62
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Shapeless blob of molten silver with pitting of the surfaces not resulting from deliberate pecking. Date unknown. Weight 3.38g. 14.2 x 11 x 4.7mm.
Finder's number RW-2
Created on: Saturday 20th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd May 2023
Spatial data recorded.
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