Record ID: SUSS-54DE8D
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper alloy personal seal matrix dating of Agnes St John dating c. AD 1250-1340. The matrix is a pointed oval, flat backed type with the remains of a suspension loop on the reverse in the form of a vertical transverse rib which tapers to a point. It is incomplete with the top half missing to an irregular oblique break and is slightly bent creating a crack on the die. The front bears an inscription around a central device depicting the lower half of a standing human figure. The figure is dressed in a garment gathered above the hips and&n…
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-75B033
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2020 T1008 Description: A complete cast silver ‘box chape’ strap end with engraved decorative features that dates to the late Medieval to early Post Medieval period (c.AD 1400-1500). The strap end appears cast as a single object with two rivets in place at one end. The object is broadly rectangular in shape and at the riveted end is crescentic in shape with the two corners formed at rounded points. The surface is decorated with engraved details. The decoration of the upper face is enclosed in a border edge that follows the shape of the object, within is a fl…
Created on: Monday 14th December 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 14th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ousby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-951323
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy korte (or courte) of Philip II, King of Spain (1556-1598), from the Spanish Netherlands, dating from 1555 to 1581, when the Dutch Republic was established, general type Van Gelder & Hoc 229. Most likely minted at Brabant, Antwerp, which appears to be the only variety that can have the ANG reading (as opposed to AN, which also is on one of the Flanders issues); if so, the reference is Van Gelder & Hoc, 1960, no.229-1. The 'scrolled crowns' on the reverse are referred to as 'briquettes', which in modern French means cigarette lighter, but the contemporary meaning was probab…
Created on: Monday 27th March 2017
Last updated: Saturday 6th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Agnes parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-4E0317
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete medieval (probably 13th century) silver pointed-oval seal matrix depicting St. Peter standing in the centre with the legend + SIGILLVM.PETRI.DE.BARASTRE around within two beaded borders. It is missing its loop to the reverse. St Peter is depicted with two keys in one hand, held upwards, and a book in the other, also held upwards. The figure is robed and wearing a pointed hat with a band of pellets at the base. Scrolls flank the figure to either side, springing from the inner beaded border, close to the base of the figure. Outside this border is the inscription, and beyo…
Created on: Monday 17th October 2016
Last updated: Thursday 17th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wherwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-A91AF5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy farthing trade token of Edward Newsam of St Agnes, Cornwall, dated to 1666 on reverse. Cf. Williamson Vol.1, p.107, no.77.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 23rd June 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-E8DF11
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hoard of fifty-three cast copper alloy fragments of Late Bronze Age date including the centre of a winged axe and an incomplete socketed axe with a flanged blade, missing its rectangular collar and part of its side loop, and decorated on the upper half of both faces with two converging ribs that appear like a narrow shield motif. This narrow shield shape is similar to that engraved in the stone mould (no.5) from Tremough, Cornwall, illustrated in Jones, Gossip & Quinnell, 2015, on page 95, fig.5.13, which is thought to have produced a slender socketed axe, but with a shield pattern mo…
Created on: Thursday 7th January 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 20th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Levan', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-63889E
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
2 solidi (Julian II, Valentinian I). (Julian): Cornwall HER 19416 ('A Roman gold coin of Julian date was found on St Agnes Beacon in 1910. It is not described further and its current location is unknown.'); VCH Cornwall I, 1906, pp. 12, 34 and 39; S M Pearce, Trans. Devonshire Association, 102, 1970, p. 26; Penhallurick forthcoming, pp. 1-2 ('in about April 1910 a gold coin 'in almost perfect condition was turned up while harrowing' at Carn Gowla, immediately south of St Agnes Head. The lucky finder was W Tonkin. A letter dated 8 June 1910 from the Revd Alfred Rudall of St Agnes ident…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Agnes (Beacon)', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-DC4358
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy plaque, possibly from a religious pendant or mount, of probable Post Medieval dating (AD 1600 to AD 1800). Only the figure is now present, and is in two joining fragments. The robed figure is standing, holding a probable lamb in their arms. Either a halo or a wide brimmed hat is present around the figure's head. The reverse is plain, with irregular depressions behind the head, torso and legs of the figure. It measures 72.7 mm in length, 32.5 mm wide and 3.9 mm thick. It weighs 28.9 g. The figure is a dark green colour, with an even surface patina. A…
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-5CA9DD
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy mount in the shape of a seated female figure holding up a small animal, probably St Agnes with a lamb. The mount is cast in thick relief with a convex front and back which is mostly flat but concave under the thicker areas. The female figure sits on a cushion or low bench with knees bent; one end of the bench projects to the right and has three horizontal sections but other details are unclear. When the figure is straight the lower edge of the mount is angled; the position of the feet suggest this is original. The figure wears a long, relatively loose ove…
Created on: Monday 9th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 21st June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Williton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-794084
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver strap end, sub-square in plan, and rectangular in profile, with a scalloped terminal which tapers to an oval loop that is flush with the upper plate of the strap end. The upper plate has been engraved with a trefoil of three leaves on a cross-hatched background, within a border that follows the line of the edge of the strap end. The socket for the strap is rectangular in section and there is one extant central silver rivet running through the socket just inside from the edge. The object has been constructed from a number of elements: a plate, backplate, sides and front of socke…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 12th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Agnes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-0977E6
Object type: BOTTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Glass bottle seal, circular in plan and plano-convex in profile, with a raised border and recessed face, embossed with the letters 'TREVELLES 1729' around the coat of arms of the Donnithorne family, depicting a martlet on a rock. Nicholas Donnithorne (1669-1737) was living at the manor of Trevellas near St Agnes from the 1720s and would have been granted the coat of arms before becoming High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1731. He owned the tin mine at Polberro which is west of St Agnes and rented smelting houses at Treyew near Truro from the Enys Estate (Philip Mitchell pers comm). The mine …
Created on: Monday 25th March 2013
Last updated: Saturday 30th March 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-628524
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval seal matrix, oval in shape, set with a Classical gem. The legend surrounding the gem reads +SIGILL: ALANI: DE: DVNTVNE On the reverse is a raised ridge that would originally have terminated in a loop, now missing. The seal matrix is silver and dates from the fourteenth century. The intaglio (probably a cornelian) is orange with a cream inclusion which covers the engraving. The design shows a horseman and two harnessed horses trotting to the left (right when impressed). The horseman is draped and two protrusions extending from his back may represent a clo…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 17th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-7AD1D6
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MODERN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy 'fob' seal of modern date probably later 18th or early 19th Century (1740-1850). The seal is formed with a sub-rectangular mauve / purple coloured glass intaglio. The intaglio is set within a machine pressed body which ascends through moulded foliate scrolls to a small circular hoop. All the metal decoration is machine pressed and heavily gilt. The metal shows through in places where the gilt is lost and is a dark green colour with patches of active purple corrosion. The intaglio is remarkably well cut and intricate in design. It consists of a centrally position …
Created on: Monday 27th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 7th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burley Gate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-C5BEF3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Wax impression of a gold solidus of Julian II (AD 360-363), VIRTVS EXERC GALL, mint of Lyons, RIC 226 Notes from Roger Bland's forthcoming book on Roman gold coins from the 4th century, "Roman gold coins found in Britain", published by the Royal Numismatic Society: "7.6 St Agnes (Beacon), SW7050 Julian II, AD 355-363 Description: Obv.: FL CL IVLIANVS P P AVG, bust, pearl-diad., dr., cuir., seen from front, r. Rev.: VIRTVS EX-ERC GALL; in right field: *; in exergue, LVG. Helmeted soldier stg. r., head l., holding a trophy over his l. shoulder, and placing his r. hand and the head …
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-1B1667
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age cast copper alloy tanged chisel fragment with an oval sectioned tang and expanded tringular 'blade' with old breaks to the bevelled edge. 61.0mm long; 33.0mm wide; 7.0mm thick and 37.5 grams. Part of Treasure case 2008 T281 - Disclaimed, returned to finder. The Treasure report commented: The tanged chisel or tanged leather-working knife can be typologically dated to the Late Bronze Age (c. 1100-800 BC) and has a distribution throughout southeast and south central Britain and northwest continental Europe (O’Connor, B. 1980. Cross channel relations in the Late Bronze …
Created on: Tuesday 10th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Burgess Hill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-CA3F71
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A Late Bronze Age base-metal group consisting of one copper alloy chisel fragment and two ingot fragments found 8 inches deep and around 100 yards apart. The tanged chisel or tanged leather-working knife can be typologically dated to the Late Bronze Age (c. 1100-800 BC) and has a distribution throughout southeast and south central Britain and northwest continental Europe (O'Connor 1980, 175, List 131, Map 51). The deposition of copper alloy ingot fragments is well documented during this period. Traditional interpretations see these as metalworkers' reserves stored for later use. Ho…
Created on: Wednesday 9th April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Burgess Hill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-DE7185
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast gilt copper alloy mount, from a casket or book, in the form of an angel with hatched linear marks to define the cloak, oblique lines to define the skirt, and chevrons to make the wings look feathered. Evidence of gilding remains on the head, face, skirt and wing. The details of the face are simple with oval eyes and wedge-shaped nose, surrounded by a textured hood. The base of the central rivet remains on the back of the mount. One of the wings is missing, but the end of it still remains depicted as resting on the skirt. Read (1998) illustrates a cast lead pilgrim's ba…
Created on: Monday 11th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-40D330
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy mount in the form of a human figure from a casket or reliquary. A robed standing figure with its right arm bent across the body to support an animal held in its left. There is a single circular attachment hole at the waist. It is possibly the figure of St Agnes holding a lamb. The back is uneven and undecorated. Its dimensions are 50.36mm x 19.21mm x 2.54mm A similar standing figure, again with an angled base and interpreted as St Agnes holding a lamb was excavated in London, S70 in MacKinder (2013, 61).
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 21st June 2018
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Record ID: NMGW15
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy seal matrix. Pointed oval, 33 x 20mm. Date: engraved c.1310-1350 and used probably thereafter. The Crucified Christ between standing (dexter) His Mother with veiled head-dress, her hands raised in prayer; (sinister) the young saint John, holding a book (St. John 19.26). The legs of Christ are crossed; on head, crown of thorns. There appears to be a holy rood, set upon the arches of a screen. On the uppermost limb of the Cross seems to be the scroll placed by Pontius Pilate, and, to either side, are: (dexter) an estoile (star of six rays); (sinister) a crescent. In base, u…
Created on: Monday 26th July 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitland Abbey', grid reference and parish protected.