Record ID: LEIC-F8B3F9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman silver denarius of Trajan, dating to c.AD 103 - 111. Reece Period 5. COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC DAC CAP, reverse type shows Dacian, his hands bound behind him, seated right on a pile of shields and arms. Mint of Rome. RIC II Trajan 96 Diameter: 18 mm Weight: 2.61 g
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: LANCUM-165058
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy penannular ring or ring core of probable Bronze Age date (c. 1300-800BC). The ring is made from a circular sectioned loop with a moulded in feature around the outside circumferemce. It is wider in the middle than at the terminals. The material is quite degraded and only half of the ring survives, still, it is apparant that the terminal (the smaller diameter end) was flat. The wider end is more damaged and has been crudely broken. It may be a core onto which gold or silver would have been fixed and the finder comments that traces of gold may be pr…
Created on: Monday 25th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Whaley Bridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-02E9E4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn silver finger ring of Post Medieval to modern date, circa AD 1723-2000. The ring, circular in cross-section, comprises of a circular hoop which expands smoothly to form an oval-shaped bezel. The exterior of the ring is smooth and undecorated, but small wear marks are visible on the surface.  The interior of the ring is decorated with a worn floral design, reminiscent of coinage. There are two parallel lines running along the edge of the ring. The finger-ring has been made by hammering the outside edge of a milled coin t…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-C7302D
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl of Walton Rogers form B1, probably dating from the Early Medieval period, around AD 700 - 850.  The whorl has one flat face, one fairly flat face and vertical sides with a central hole of internal diameter 7.8mm.  The whorl is undecorated with a light grey patina. It is 23.9 mm in diameter and 14.2mm thick. It weighs  47.2g. Spindle whorls of this type are illustrated in Walton Rogers, 2007, Cloth and Clothing in early Anglo-Saxon England, page 25. She dates the type as common from AD 900, but they a…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-C71830
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl of Walton Rogers form A1, probably dating from the Early Medieval period, about AD 500 - 850. It is discoid, with a flat base and a convex upper side. It has a a central, circular perforation of internal diameter 6mm. The whorl is undecorated with a light grey patina.  It is 20.6 mm in diameter and 5.5mm thick. It weighs  10.2gm.   Spindle whorls of this type are illustrated in Walton Rogers, 2007, Cloth and Clothing in early Anglo-Saxon England, page 25. Form A1 whorls are thought to date from&…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-C6F065
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A conical, cast lead spindle whorl of Walton Rogers form A1, probably of Roman or Early Medieval date, about AD 43 - 1000. The whorl is undecorated and has a light cream patina. It is 20.5mm in diameter and 9.1mm thick with a central, oval perforation of internal diameter 4.2mmm. It weighs  14.7g. Spindle whorls of this type are illustrated in Walton Rogers, 2007, Cloth and Clothing in early Anglo-Saxon England, page 25. Form A1 whorls are thought to date from AD 500 - 1000, but the size of the central hole suggests a Roman da…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-C6AEBC
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead artefact, probably an ingot made to conveniently consolidate waste lead for re-working, possibly of Medieval or Post-medieval date, about AD 1100 - 1800. It is drop-shaped in plan, with a flat base and a convex upper surface making it D shaped in cross-section. There are no mouldings, but there is a small, rectangular depression in the upper side at the pointed end of the teardrop, which does not penetrate completely through the object. There is a scratched asterix or star on the reverse. The object has a light grey patina. It is 53.8mm long, 32.1mm wide and 14.8m…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-753318
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy pressed furniture fitting or mount of modern date (c.AD 1800-1900). The object is square in plan with a convex obverse and concave reverse. The face has a central rivet hole which is surrounded by four triangle shaped petals, surrounded by four larger triangular petals. The object has a green patina. Dimensions: Length 14.7mm, Thickness 3.0mm, Weight 0.91g. Similar modern pressed decorative mounts on the database include: SWYOR-F9A538, OXON-9608F4 and NLM-F57B90.
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-347807
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval Irish silver coin; a penny of Edward I (1272-1307), minted at Dublin, group IV, dating from 1297-1302. Spink: 6251 or 6253. Obverse: EDWR'/ANGL'D/NShYB, Crowned bust facing with a trifoliate crown and wedged drapery within a triangle (pellet below bust). Reverse: CIVI/TAS/DVBL/INIE, Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant. 1.3g weight, 18.5mm diameter, 0.7mm thickness.
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
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Record ID: LANCUM-CD9917
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Georgian period drawer handle. The backing plate is circular, with a pattern of raised pellets around the outside, either side of which is a border of inpressed lines running perpendicular to the edge. There is then a flat plate on which the handle iteslf rests. Inside this the back plate has a round of sixteen circular holes. The raised central piece, 21mm in diameter, is decorated with a central raised circle around which there is a ring of smaller pellets. The handle has a pattern oflines off a central stem, possibly a representation of a vine,&n…
Created on: Wednesday 14th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Whaley Bridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-9507FB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy coin; an illegible As or Dupondius dating from 23 BC - AD 260. The coin is 27.2mm diameter, 2.9mm thick and 5.9g.
Created on: Sunday 11th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-94F36A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy coin; a nummus of The House of Constantine (AD 306 - 364), dating to about AD 330 - 335 (Reece Period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting two soldiers and two standards. Mint is unknown. The coin is 15.5mm diameter, 1.5mm thick and 0.9g.
Created on: Sunday 11th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-9464E4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead Post Medieval token of Powell type 3 dating from AD 1550 - 1850. It is uniface and the design is cross with a pellet at the centre, and pellets round the edge, perhaps representing a cartwheel. The token is slightly bent. It is 31.1mm diameter, 3.5mm thick and 20.8g.
Created on: Sunday 11th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-944F25
Object type: RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy ring of probable Post Medieval date, AD 1500 - 1850. It is circular in plan, and oval in cross-section with an internal casting seam. The patina is smooth. There are visible file marks. It is 16.8mm diameter, 2.2mm thick and 1g. Rings of this nature are fairly undiagnostic, but the condition of the metal suggests a Post medieval date for this example.
Created on: Sunday 11th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-943B0D
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to Post Medieval miss-cast lead spindle whorl dating from about AD 1450 - 1550. It is of Walton Rogers form C2. It is biconical with a design of raised pellets on one face. The whorl is miss-cast with much of one face missing. The other face has faint crossed raised lines on it, and a large lump of lead projecting from the face. The whorl is 30.2mm diameter, 16.2mm thick and 39.1g. The central hole is 8.3mm diameter. Walton Rogers dates form C2 whorls from 1100 onwards. She cites Ivens et al (1995) that those with dots are Post Medieval. Decorated b…
Created on: Sunday 11th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: LANCUM-364601
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy discoidal button. It is convex on the front with no discernable design. The rear has an integrally cast u-shaped loop with a central circular drilled hole. The whole has a dark green patina. A similar button is NLM-FD9223, dated 1600-1700. Read (2005, 73) notes a button of very similar shape and dimensions and suggests that it is part of a bic-convex hollow button, this is dated to the same period. Dimensions: it is 20mm diameter and the shank is 5mm deep. It weighs 2.47g
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Whaley Bridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-0EE601
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval buckle; a single looped D shaped buckle of Meols type 2, dating from AD 1250 - 1350. The outer edge is expanded, and there is a knop at each end of the bar. The pin and plate are missing. Measurements are; length 19.6mm, width 25.0mm, thickness 5.5mm and weight 5.0g.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-0ED726
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy circular ring, probably a harness ring, dating from the Medieval to Post-medieval period, about AD 1100 - 1700. The sub-circular ring is hexagonal in cross-section. The object has a dark grey patina. Measurements are; diameter 29.8mm, internal diameter 23.0mm, thickness 1.9mm and weight 3.94g. Geake suggests that though the function of rings like this are typically undiagnostic, the cross-section indicates a medieval dating. See more at https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/rings/. See also (Clark 1995, p. 47),  for a …
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-0EC44C
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy scabbard chape, dating from AD 1400 - 1600. The lower part is rounded and decorated with radiating grooves suggesting a shell design, with a knop at the apex. At the centre there are three pierced holes, two above one, and there is a transverse ridge above. There is a panel above with a heart shaped aperture in the centre, and a crenellated top edge. The backplate is missing. Measurements are; length 34.4mm, width 25.9mm, thickness 5.7mm and weight 8.88g. Similar objects can be seen in Ward Perkins (1940) Museum …
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-0C619D
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete clay tobacco pipe of post-medieval date, from around AD 1750 - 1900. It comprises most of the bowl of the pipe, with a small section of the rim missing.There is a spur, but the stem is missing. It is made from clay that has discoloured to tan in places, perhaps from an iron rich soil. There are few visible inclusions, so it is probably imported ball clay. The rim is cut. The stem bore diameter is 5/64". There is a moulded spur mark of "O / O". There is no visible bowl cross. The bowl has moulded decoration of a lion holding flowers and an ind…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Sunday 18th February 2024
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