Record ID: GLO-38B49E
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval lead one-piece button (1600-1750). The domed head is circular in plan and decorated with curved radiating lines. The reverse is flat with a stud in the centre which would have been the shank of the rear loop.
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
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Record ID: GLO-387EA9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a worn and damaged silver long cross penny dating from Edward III to Richard III 1327-1485. Obverse: no detail remains [...] Reverse: long cross with three pellets in each angle. CIVI[…]
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
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Record ID: GLO-35ABB7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Halfgroat of James I (1603-1625) mint mark Cinquefoil dated to 1613-1615  Obverse: crowned Rose I D G ROSA SIN SPINA Reverse: Crowned Thistle TUEATUR UNITA DEUS
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
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Record ID: GLO-357935
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy radiate of Carausius dated to AD 287-293 (Reece 14), Obverse: Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right [IMP CAR]AVSIVS [AVG]. Reverse, Pax standing left with branch and vertical sceptre. PAX A[V]G
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
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Record ID: GLO-F72CDB
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a sword assemblage consisting of two complete Roman long swords of the type called a spatha together with items that would be appropriate for complete scabbard and sword belt fittings. The assemblage consists of: A)          Sword 1: A complete roman long sword with scabbard chape still attached at the tip. The sword is 920mm long, 55mm at widest point at the hilt and gently taper to 42 mm near the tip, the tip is covered by the scabbard chape making it impossible to ascertain its shape. The blade looks to be lenticular in cross-s…
Created on: Friday 16th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willersey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-A70D45
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilded copper alloy disc brooch of possible Scandinavian origin dating to the period c.AD850 - 950. The front exhibits cast Borre-style decoration consisting of three figures that are shown as a prone animal that stretch from one side of the disc to the other, crossing each other at the midpoint where that is a recessed disc that would have mounded a stone or enamel, this disc bisects the animals where the three would meet and leaves the torso and hind legs in one half, then head and arm in the other.  Each animal comprises of L-shaped legs that have expanded thighs; the lower…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: GLO-A331B7
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead ampulla that has a circular chamber and long rectangular neck; flanking the neck are two angled handles (both are now truncated). The circular chamber is decorated a cross hatched field with an elongated D-shaped object that is view with the curve at the base. The straight edge, forming the top appears to have extended sixes.  The D-shape is divided in two by a central bar that has a long lozenge in the centre (this gives the object the looks of a double looped D-shaped buckle complete with pin). On the right side of the object are three central radiating lines, and on the le…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: GLO-A23805
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy circular trade weight. This has a central recessed pellet with grooved line running near the outside edge. A Lombardic 'h' surmounted by a weakly struck crown in positioned towards the lower side. This mark was instituted by Henry VII in 1495 and lasted into the reign of his son, Henry VIII (Biggs 1992, 48).
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: GLO-A16947
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill dating AD 75-200. It has rearward facing lugs on either end of the wings that hold the pin axes bar, most of the pin is retained but is now heavily corroded. The head of the bow has a tapering triangular panel with expanded shoulders. In the centre of the head are two raised lines that converge at the apex of the bow forming a V-shaped crest with a third raised line in the centre that has a loop at the top for the external cord. The lower part of the bow is truncated resulting in the loss of the catchplate.
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: GLO-A156C7
Object type: STUD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy and enamelled Iron Age stud (150 BC - AD 43). The object is circular in plan and semicircular when viewed in profile. The sides are decorated with four deep-set cells that are filled with red enamel; each cell is separated from its neighbour by a zigzag border that is joined to the roundel at the apex of the semicircle, this is pierced in the centre to accommodate a pin.  The opposite side forms the circular face and is also recessed and filled with red enamel, a hole in the centre of the enamel shows where the attachment pin would have been mounted. This object i…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: GLO-A0C850
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Aucissa brooch that has rolled tubular wings that would have held the pin axis bar, there is a slot in the rear for the pin, which is now missing. The bow is a sup-rectangular strip gradually narrows to the bottom. The face is decorated with two narrow grooves that run down either side and a double groove that runs down the centre. The lower part of the bow has been truncated.
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: GLO-A09FF5
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily corroded copper alloy book clasp. This example is rectangular in plan with two copper alloy rivets retained at the rear. The forward edge has a narrowed tab that has been bent around to form a hook. The face is decorated with two concentric rings towards the rear.     Artefacts such as this have been discovered during excavation in York which dated to the 15th and 16th centuries (Ottaway & Rogers, 2002, 2937-2939)
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: GLO-A05828
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily corroded copper alloy book clasp. This example is rectangular in plan with two semicircular notches on either side and three V-shaped notches running down the rear edge. The forward edge has a narrowed tab that has been bent around to form a hook. The face is decorated with six square stamps that that have an eight paralleled flowed within and a ring a dog at the rear.    Artefacts such as this have been discovered during excavation in York which dated to the 15th and 16th centuries (Ottaway & Rogers, 2002, 2937-2939)
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: GLO-9FD6F6
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy spoon fragment that retains the stem and the rear part of the bowl. The bowl has slightly angled sides that narrow to the base of the stem suggesting that the bowl may have originally been fig shaped. The stem has a sub-oval cross section that narrows to the tip where there is an acorn shaped terminal.
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: GLO-3A565A
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two lithic items. 1, A secondary flint flake debitage, large rough negative bulb of percussion on the dorsal, multiple flaking scar on the ventral. 10% cortex on the dorsal, grey flint with darker patch under cortex. Length 24mm, width 22mm, thickness89mm, weight 4.49g. 2, A secondary flint flake debitage, large rough negative bulb of percussion on the dorsal, large bulb of percussion on the ventral. 10% cortex on the dorsal, light brown flint.  Length 27mm, width 20mm, thickness 5mm, weight 3.74g.
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: GLO-3A38C7
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two lithic items. 1, A tertiary flint flake debitage, multiple rough flaking scars on the dorsal, the bulb of percussion is missing from the ventral. Length 28mm, width 27mm, thickness 9mm, weight 6.89g. 2, A secondary flint flake debitage, one flaking scar on the dorsal, no bulb of percussion on the ventral. brown flint with 20% cortex on the dorsal.  Length 15mm, width 10mm, thickness 5mm, weight 0.75g.
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: GLO-3A17DE
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a core rejuvenation flake, at the top of the flake is remnants of a prepared platform. The dorsal has a prominent off-centre ridge running down its length, the flake removal taken from one direction.  The ventral side has a large bulb of percussion at the base. The flint is covered in a creamy patina with grey patches.
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: GLO-38B021
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small fragment of hack silver dating from the Early Medieval period, about AD 850 - 1000. The item is rectangular in plan with straight edges on all four sides.  Both the top and bottom ends have vertical sides that are unaltered.  However, the long edges on both sides display deep cuts that are 2/3 deep and cut from the rear of the item, the final 1/3 has a rough edge suggesting that the initial cut was not deep enough to sever it completely, making it necessary to finish the process by bending and snapping this section from its parent object. Both the front and rear face…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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Record ID: GLO-243C6C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Henry II type 1a-b date Aug 1180 - May 1181. Mint London by Philip Aimer Obverse: bust facing forward holding a sceptre, [HENRICVS R-EX] Reverse: Short cross voided with four pellets in each angle. + FIL AIMER ON LVN Note: this coin has been folded in antiquity, most likely for use as a prayer or pilgrimage exposing the reverse while masking the obverse. Fortunately, this coin has not been unfolded.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
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Record ID: GLO-224625
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn silver denarius of Antoninus Pius (138-161). Minted in Rome and dated to 140-143. RIC 63 Obverse: laureate head right ANTONINVS AVG [PIVS P P] TR P […] Reverse: Clementia standing holding patera and sceptre [CLE]MEN[TIA AVG] There are two holes that have been drilled either side of the bust (the right hole is truncated) for attachment or suspension. Also, a further small circular depression has been drilled into the centre of the coin, on the obverse side. These holes have been drilled to allow this coin to perform a different purpose such as a pendant, jew…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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