Record ID: DEV-57DBFB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver halfpenny, probably of Edward III (AD 1327-1377), probably dating to AD 1344-1351. Probably third coinage, London mint. North (1991: 48) nos. 1131-1134.
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
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Record ID: DEV-56F464
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper alloy trader's token halfpenny or farthing, dating to AD 1666-1668. Issued by William Cooper in Glastonbury. Williamson (1987) Somerset 142-143.
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
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Record ID: DEV-569A79
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval copper alloy double-looped buckle, probably dating to c. AD 1500-1650. The surviving portion comprises the bar and a single loop. This is D-shaped, internally bevelled and cast into a foliate or 'vinescroll' motif. The bar is narrowed, flanked by knops and sub-rectangular in cross-section. Dimensions: length 23.7mm; width 28.6mm; thickness 3.7mm; weight 4.21g. Buckles with very similar 'vinescroll' decoration have been found with attached plates closely resembling early Post-Medieval sword belt fittings, and likely formed a part of similar sets (see f…
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 10th December 2019
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Record ID: DEV-5641F4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy single-looped buckle, probably dating to c. AD 1200-1400. A single looped, D-shaped frame with an offset and narrowed bar. The frame is shallowly plano-convex, broadening into the outer edge of the frame; the pin is lost. Dimensions: length 14.0mm; width 15.5mm; thickness 2.1mm; weight 0.99g. Similar buckles are illustrated by Egan & Pritchard (2002: 68-70, nos. 271-277), excavated in contexts dating to the 13th and 14th centuries.
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
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Record ID: DEV-55BF61
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late medieval to Post-Medieval Copper alloy french Jetton, probably Tournai (late), dating to c.AD 1300-1550. Uncertain obverse, with a fictitious legend, reverse depicting a triple stranded cross flory with a quatrefoil at its centre and possibly within a tressure with elaborated cusps. cf. Mernick & Algar (2001) nos. 61-71, 84-97, 101-110, 140. The jetton has been pierce off-centre from the reverse.
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
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Record ID: SOM-52E6DC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy contemporary copy of a nummus of the House of Constantine, dating to AD 355-361 (Reece period 18). Imitating the FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type, depicting a soldier spearing a fallen horseman.
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
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Record ID: SOM-69363C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from a copper-alloy single-looped oval buckle frame (c. 14th century). It consists of half of the outer edge and the side which extends from it. It has an enlarged outer edge which is flat; this narrows gradually as it curves and develops into the side. The outer edge had a transverse groove at its centre which acted as a pin rest. The frame has broken at this weak point where the outer edge is thinned. Although the buckle was presumably snapped when it broke the breaks are now smooth. A field is delineated on the front of the frame by an engraved border which follows the e…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2017
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2018
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