Record ID: WMID-1328C5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy buckle frame of Medieval to Post-Medieval date, circa AD 1250 - 1500. The buckle is D-shape in plan and single looped. It has a narrow and off-set axis bar and the outer surface has bevelled edges. The pin is missing, presumed lost in antiquity. The reverse is flat and undecorated.  The buckle is dark green in colour and has an even surface patina.  Measurements: length 22mm, width 12.2mm, thickness 3.4mm, weight 1.5 grams Whitehead (2003: p.19, Nos. 53 & 54) states that cast copper alloy single looped D-shaped buckles with …
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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Record ID: LANCUM-12F365
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy weight. It is circular but of uneven thickness. On one face is a pattern made of many lines, radiating from the central point, the other side is plain. The weight is uneven, and has a dark grey patina Dimensions: It is 33mm dimeter and 7mm thick maximum, it weighs 54.15g
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Brampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-128F70
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from an ornate rectangular double looped buckle probably dating from c.AD 1350-1700. Only the outer edge of the narrow frame survives. The frame fragment is rectangular in section and has what would have been a long edge that is narrower than the outer edge. This has a long projecting rectangular tab that projects 6.0mm from the frame. This tab has incised decoration on its upper surface consisting of two zigzag lines placed in a wavey pattern down the length of the buckle. The buckle has a dark green colour. The buckle is 31.8mm long, 16.1mm wide, 1.9mm thick includi…
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Haseley CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-F7FB07
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast pentagonal double looped buckle frame, in the form of a ‘Tudor’ rose with inward-pointing stubs marking the former site of a constricted strap bar. Fiercely abraded; Whitehead (1996 page 47 nos 272- 274) illustrates examples of the type in better condition. Suggested date: Late Medieval to Early Post-Medieval, 1450-1550 Length: 40mm, Height: 37.5mm, Thickness: 2mm, Weight: 7.83gms
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winteringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-E90F3A
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy narrow-pointed sword or dagger scabbard chape of Medieval to Post-Medieval date (AD 1300-1700). The small, conical chape is made of a single sheet of copper alloy that has been rolled into a conical tube with a single overlapping seam down the back.  The bottom has been cut into tabs which have been folded inwards to form a sealed, narrow-pointed base. There are two open, circular rivet holes along opposing sides of the top edge. The chape has a compact dark green patina all over, with some pitting to the back. The chape is 33.89mm long, with a…
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-E8FE43
Object type: CANDLE HOLDER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy candle-holder of Late Medieval to Post Medieval dating, c.AD 1475-1600. The candle holder is incomplete, the cup and half the shaft surviving with the lower shaft lost to a worn break. The shaft and cup are circular in cross section, the shaft being decorated with a raised collar 18.47mm in diameter 9mm above the break in the shaft. The cup flares out from the top of the shaft with a slight circumferential recess, and a very worn circumferential linear double groove halfway up the cup, with another just before the rim of the cup. The rim of the cup is u…
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-D2E9A3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy pot leg, from a cauldron, posnet or skillet of Medieval to Post Medieval date (AD 1200-1600). The object consists of the leg and foot and is broadly rectangular in cross section and L-shaped in profile.  The upper edge is recurved with both sides on the outer edges of which are circular apertures. The upper surface is decorated with a double central moulded rib that runs the length of the recurved portion, the lower projecting foot is decorated with two raised transverse lines. Cast copper alloy vessels were widely used…
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-CEF488
Object type: HARNESS HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval gilded cast copper alloy harness hook with an incomplete hook, a narrow shaft and a conical terminal which would have retained the hook in a mounting pivot. These objects are thought to have been used on medieval curb bits to attach reins ending in strap loops.
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: SF-936553
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg "Lion of St Mark" jetton,  anonymous issue. Obverse: 'Lion of Saint Mark' standing left, winged and nimbate with halo - crown  Reverse: Imperial orb within three arched tressure  Diameter: 27.65mm Weight: 7.07g
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: OXON-92FA53
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim fragment of a Medieval to Post-Medieval cast copper alloy pot or cauldron dating to c. AD 1100 to 1700.  The fragment is irregular is subrectangular in shape and sub oval in plan at the rim and  slightly curved in cross-section, being thicker at one end, with old and worn breaks on the non rim sides. The rim itself is short and narrow thickened across the middle. The outer surface of the vessel has a sandy grey coloration with green patches across the surface. The inner surface is slightly convex and is plain and i…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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Record ID: OXON-92B144
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim fragment of a Medieval to Post-Medieval cast copper alloy pot or cauldron dating to c. AD 1100 to 1700.  The fragment is irregular is shape and sub oval in plan at the rim and  slightly curved in cross-section, being thicker at one end, with old and worn breaks on the non rim sides. The rim itself is thickened across the middle and narrows on either side. The reverse is slightly convex and is plain. The outer surface of the central area of the rim is decorated with a pair of etched inear bands.  The inner…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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Record ID: SF-90C7DB
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, but worn, copper-alloy 'Venus penny' Jetton dating from AD 1490-1550. Mitchiner (1988:269 no. 835-837) Mitchiner (1988:265) writes "The 'Venus pennies' were a popular series of jettons, or reckoning counters, that were made for the merchants of Antwerp during a period when this city was the flourishing principal commercial centre of the land, and were circulated amongst the merchant classes during the first half of the sixteenth century. Obverse description: Austro-Burgundian shield in five parts: Three Lis (Burgundy modern), 3 horizontal lin…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Finborough', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-90327D
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy square coin weight of post-Medieval date. Obverse: bust of Edward VI (1547-53) with the letter E to the left side of the bust, and a five pointed star to the right; Reverse: upright right hand with the letters H and F to either side - Hans Foncq (1577-1603). This suggests it ward made in Antwerp in the Low Countries and no British coin-weights are known with a portrait of this king (Withers and Withers, 1995, pg 26). It weighs 4.80g or 74 grains, which isn't an exact match for any weight, but as there is damage to one side it could be for a Alberti…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-8FA673
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to Post Medieval coin weight dating to circa AD 1500-1700. The weight is square shaped with straight edges. It is very worn but appears to have uniface decoration. The front face appears to show a letter H and the rear appears to depict a ship with a rose conistent with examples in Withers and Withers 1995: 20. It weighs 6.03g, or 93.04 grains, which suggests a weight for a Shilling, Charles I (Withers and Withers, 1995, pg16). Length: 16.73mm Width: 16.30mm Thickness: 3.30mm
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-825567
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy buckle of Late Medieval to Post-Medieval date (AD 1500-1650). The object is a spectacle buckle is of a double loop oval form with bevelled edges and a narrowed strap bar. The wire pin is missing. The metal is a mid-green in colour with a slightly pitted patina. Length: 29.00mm, Width: 18.46mm, Thickness: 1.85mm, Weight: 2.2g Whitehead, P 54, No 310.
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: SF-6A47B2
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy coin weight of late-Medieval date. It is trapezoidal in shape with bevelled edges. The face is stamped with a cross fleury withsix-pointed stars in the quarters, within a square escutcheon. It weights 5.86g (0.2oz). Length: 17.73mm Width:15.99mm Thickness: 3.5mm
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-6A4141
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy dress hook The artefact body is broadly circular, with openwork moulding in the form of four circles either side of the central motif. In the base is a V shaped frame and sitting in this is a relief moulded pineapple or pine cone. The attachment at the top of this is rectangular, and under the central piece is a thin hook curved backwards.  Similar or identical examples are seen in, for example, PUBLIC-DA6702 and BUC-E848DC and  BUC-AFB35A, all of which are Reed Class E Type 3, dated to 1500-1650 Dimensions: It …
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Heysham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6A0E57
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible purse bar fragment. Cast bar of lentoid section, broken at either end, in one case across a conical drilled pit. If not part of a purse bar, possibly a balance arm, spoon stem or implement handle. Suggested date: Late Medieval to Early Post-Medieval, 1400-1600 Length: 74.5mm, Width: 8.1mm, Thickness: 5.8mm, Weight: 19.97gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-688964
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy figurine. Pressed metal naturalistically rendered concavo-convex skull, of a narrow and elongated form possibly emphasised by light squashing. Traces of black coating appear on the dome of the skull, perhaps polished by wear against clothing. The memento mori was a motif which gained understandable currency in times of Plague, in the later 14th century as in the later 17th. The black coating may hint at a later date in the available range. Suggested date: Late Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1350-1700 Length: 23.6mm, Width: 11.4mm, Thickness (wall): 0.4mm, Weight: 1.01gms.
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-531EFA
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Hooked tag of late Medieval to Post-Medieval date (AD 1500-1660). The frame is broadly rectangular with a flat back and rounded front face, plano convex in section. The interior of the frame has penwork decoration, with two moulded scrolls projecting inwards. A triangular lip projects from the upwards into the openwork from a rectangular collar set below. The hook emerges from the bottom of the collar and has two flanking mouldings situated at the top. The hook is D shaped in sections and tapers to a backwards curved point. Length: 26.57mm, Width: 12.…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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