Record ID: KENT-1E7AE7
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably 1760-1826. Copper alloy, cast, broken fragment of a once very large size rumbler bell. Fragment Length 71mm, Width 49mm, Thickness 4.4mm, Weight 87.0g. Estimated diameter size number '30', 140mm ie 5.5 inches. Lower section fragment with sunburst decoration and initial 'R' probably from 'R.W.' Robert Wells foundry, Albourne, Wiltshire. Little corrosion. Ref. Detector Finds by Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing, 1992 page 41-43, No. 30.
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 15th September 2015
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Record ID: KENT-1EA3D1
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
17th - 18th Century. Lead alloy, cast, small size, uniface token. Length 16.5mm, Width 14.3mm, Thickness 3.2mm, Diameter 16.5mm, Weight 3.9g. Elaborate initial 'S' with several pellets, one on the left and a large pellet with six smaller pellets above on the right. Little wear and grey patina. Ref. Detector Finds by Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1992, Page 52-57 No. 32 and Leaden Tokens and Tallies Roman to Victorian by Edward Fletcher, Greenlight Publishing 2005, Page 50-60, Fig. page 51.
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-1ED201
Object type: POTTERY
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable Mid 3rd Century. Pottery flagon sherd. Length 45.8mm, Width 35.1mm, Thickness 17.1mm, Weight 22.3g. This face is moulded and constituted part of the mouth of a flagon (also called a face-neck flagon). Very abraded but the residue of a colour-coat in the vicinity of the eyes and other depressions. Probably from Nene Valley potteries or perhaps from Hadham Kilns. Ref. Die Gesichtstskruge Der Romiscken Nordwestprovinzen by Franziska Dovener Bar International Series 870, 2000, Abb 213-237 and Pottery in Roman Britain, Shire Archaeology Publications, by Vivien Swan, Plate 25.
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-1F3936
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late 16th - 17th Century. Copper alloy, cast, damaged, ornate clothes fastener eyelet. Length 33.1mm, Width 18.4mm, Thickness 4.8mm, Weight 5.8g. Clothes fastener, minus the rectangular loop used to accept a hook from opposing hooked fastener, there are two remaining small, circular attachment loops but minus the third similar terminal loop. Slightly convex with a moulded scallop shape design and remains of some silvering and surface corrosion. Ref. Detector Finds by Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1992, Page 29-33 No. 34 and History Beneath Our Feet by Brian Read, Anglia Publish…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
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Record ID: KENT-336D14
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
17-18th Century. Lead alloy, cast, uniface token. Length 20.6mm, Width 19.6mm, Thickness 2.6mm, Diameter 20.6mm, Weight 5.3g. Criss-cross or grid pattern similar to the Arms of the Waterman's Guild or possibly this could represent harrowing or ploughing work. Rather worn condition. Ref. Detector Finds by Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1992 page 56-57, No. 19 & 36, Leaden Tokens and Tallies Roman to Victorian by Edward Fletcher, Greenlight Publishing 2005, page 65.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-3394A5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1559-1602. Elizabeth I, hammered silver halfgroat, Length 15.7mm, Width 15.4mm, Thickness 0.8mm, Diameter 15.7mm, Weight 0.8g. Probably Fifth coinage, London Mint, Woolpack (124) Mint Mark. Obverse: Crowned bust left with two pellets behind [ED(G ROS)A SINE SP(INA)] Reverse:Square shield on cross fourchee [(CIVIT)AS (LONDON)] Die Axis 120 deg. Rather worn condition, some clipping and some surface scratches. Ref. Coins of England & UK Spink 2003 page 241 No. 2579 and English Hammered Coinage Volume 2 by J.J. North, Spink 1991, Third Revised Edition Page 137 No. 2016.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-33CC18
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1350-1650. Copper alloy, cast, double loop, oval buckle. Length 32.1mm, Width 22.1mm, Thickness 6mm, Weight 3.3g. Frame has rounded/bevelled inside and outside edges, complete with cast, plain tongue. Little wear but surface in rather corroded condition. Ref. Buckles 1250-1800 by Ross Whitehead, Greenlight Publishing 1996, page 52 No. 293.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-33E977
Object type: COOKING VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
13th-17th Century. Copper alloy, cast, cooking receptacle fragment. Length 37.5mm, Width 32.5mm, Thickness 5.3mm, Weight 17.5g. Rhomboidal shaped broken rim fragment with traces of bitument/laquer. Some wear and light corrosion. Ref. Detector Finds 3 by Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1997 page 36-37 and History Beneath Our Feet by Brian Read Anglia Publishing Ipswich 1995 page 95 & 96.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-341B92
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
14th-15th Century. Copper alloy, cast, broken, mount with integral rivet. Length 16.0mm, Width 15.1mm, Thickness 7.10mm, Weight 2.1g. Broken figurative mount, slightly convex, once possible fleur-de-lys shaped with rounded edges, two circular holes and one integral rivet. Worn with some surface corrosion. Ref. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, Volume one by Brian Read, Portculis Publishing 2001 page 11 No. 76.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-3439A5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1250-1400. Copper alloy, cast, broken, single loop oval buckle fragment. Length 35.1mm, Width 9.5mm, Thickness 7.3mm, Weight 8.8g. Broken outer edge fragment only with two rounded lobed knops, flanking a constriction for sheet copper alloy roller with pin groove. Some wear and surface corrosion. Ref. Buckles 1250-1800 by Ross Whitehead, Greenlight Publishing 1996 page 22 & 23 No. 96 & 105
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-4737F1
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
13th - 18th Century. Copper alloy, crudely cast, annular ring. Length 26.9mm, Width 26.1mm, Thickness 3.2mm, Diameter 26.9mm, Weight 5.4g. Mass-produced multi-function irregular, annular ring with flattened sexfoil cross-section with bevelled inside and outside edge and hand file finishing marks. Some surface corrosion. Ref. History Beneath Our Feet by Brian Read, Anglia Publishing Ipswich 1995 page 69 No. 392 and Finds Identified by Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 2000, page 54-55 No. 4.
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 9th September 2019
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Record ID: KENT-4761B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
827-845AD. Hammered silver broad penny of Aethelstan I, King of East Anglia. Length 20.1mm, Width 19.7mm, Thickness 1.3mm, Diameter 19.7mm, Weight 1.3g. Obverse: Non portrait type, cross pattee with a wedge in each angle within beaded inner circle. AED(TH)ELSTH REX Reverse: Cross pattee with a wedge in each angle within beaded inner circle AED(TH)EL.HELM MO ie Aethelhelm moneyer. BMC 446/2 or 447/3. Little wear, attractive silver colour on obverse but some green patchy verdigris on reverse with a small crack half way into the legend. Ref. Coins of England Spink 2003, page 104 No. 951 a…
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-867E47
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
13th-17th Century. Copper alloy, cast, broken, rhomboidal shaped cooking receptacle fragment. Length 34.3mm, Width 26.6mm, Thickness 4.5mm, Weight 17.2g. Rim fragment with a few traces of laquer/bitumen on the outside surface. Green patina but some surface corrosion. Ref. Detector Finds 3 by Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1997 page 36-37 and History Beneath Our Feet by Brian Read, Anglia Publishing Ipswich 1995 page 95-96.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-869BE6
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mid 17th Century. Pewter alloy - Tomac, cast, typical Civil War 'pimple' button. length 14.2mm, Width 14.1mm, Thickness 8.0mm, Diameter 14.2mm, Weight 5.3g. Medium size, convex or dome-shaped, solid one-piece button with a small bobble or 'pimple' on the top. Flat back with broken half of a copper alloy loop intact. This type of button would have been attached to an embroidered close-fitting doublet, an ornamental leather jerkin or a buff coat. The buff coat was an item of military origins, although at a later date it became fashionable as civilian wear. Attractive silver/grey patina. …
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-8827F0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
17th Century. Copper alloy, cast, circular belt mount or possible horse furniture. Length 17.4mm, Width 17.4mm, Thickness 12.0mm, Diameter 17.4mm, Weight 5.0g. Small dome-shaped mount with two integral pointed lugs, one broken, concentric circle around a central incuse pellet and traces of silvering. Green patina with some surface corrosion. Ref. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity volume one by Brian Read, Portcullis Publishing 2001 page 27-34 No. 266.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-884865
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1695-1701. Silver alloy, minted, probable William III shilling, counter marked by a local trader or shop keeper for use as a private trading token or for advertising purposes. Length 25.7mm, Width 25.6mm, Thickness 0.9mm, Diameter 25.7mm, Weight 3.4g. This coin exhibits extreme wear with very few details visible but then overstamped with an initial 'S'. Ref. Coins of England and UK, Spink 2003 page 337-339 and Tokens and Tallies 1850-1950 by Edward Fletcher, Greenlight Publishing 2004, page 100-101.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-8875D7
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
13th-17th Century. Copper alloy, cast, cooking receptacle broken fragment. Length 33.4mm, Width 27.1mm, Thickness 15.8mm, Weight 57.6g. Rounded, rectangular shaped cooking utensil probably foot or possible handle/lug with several traces of a protective laquer/bitumen paint. Green patina but also some corrosion. Ref. Detector Finds 3 by Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1997 page 36-37 No.2 and History Beneath Our Feet by Brian Read, Anglia Publishing Ipswich 1995 page 95-96 No. 593.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-889627
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1247-1272. Henry III, hammered silver cut halfpenny. Length 19.2mm, Width 10.3mm, Thickness 0.9mm, Diameter 19.2mm, Weight 0.7g. Voided long-cross coinage. Obverse: Crowned head facing forward [HENRICUS(REX)] Reverse: Long-cross voided with three pellets in each angle possible [( ) ON ECCE]. Probably Exeter Mint but moneyers name absent. Die Axis 0 deg. Worn condition with patches of grey tarnish. Ref. Coins of England and UK Spink 2003 page 149-151 and English Hammered Coinage Volume 1 J.J. North, Spink 1994 page 225-228.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-88CAF0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1450-1600. Copper alloy, cast, double oval loop buckle with cusped or serrated outer edge. Length 18.6mm, Width 13.4mm, Thickness 2.0mm, Weight 1.3g. Small spectacle type buckle with bevelled inside edges and serrated outer edges, or six filed grooves on each loop, giving the outer edge a cusped appearance. Traces of silvering and probable laquer or bitumen paint. Minus the tongue and with some surface corrosion. Ref. Buckles 1250-1800 by Ross Whitehead, Greenlight Publishing 1996 page 60 No. 352 & 357.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-4F86D5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1600-1700. Copper alloy, cast, double loop buckle with central strap bar. Length 36.3mm, Width 28.1mm, Thickness 4mm, Weight 7.4g. Moulded decoration consisting of five facetted gem like rectangles along the length and three across the width. Rusty stain, probably indicating once having an iron tongue. Complete with a stud chape. The buckle is slightly curved which indicates a shoe buckle or possibly distorted by the plough. Ref: Buckles 1250-1800, Ross Whitehead, Greenlight Publications 1996, page 79.
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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