Record ID: NLM-5AEE11
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a single fused lump, comprising at least four separate items fused together by heat, probably in the process of metalworking. There is a cut-halfpenny of medieval date, on which only the lower part of the bust is visible. This is not enough to assign a type with any certainty, but appears to be late Anglo-Saxon or Norman. There are two broken fragments from what appears to be the same strip of silver, with traces of lettering, and of gilding, which is probably a medieval finger-ring. A partially melted piece of silver binding these three together is probably another cut …
Created on: Thursday 6th January 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 19th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'High Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B45687
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver, or Brass as suggested by Kevin Leahy, coin. Either: Sceat of Series L, possibly type 16/18 (cf. Abramson 2006, page 81, ref. K360), dated to 730-760, a London issue; or barbarous nummus copy. Obverse description: Bust enclosed in wreath. The bust appears to be facing. Reverse description: Figure standing or kneeling left on crescent, holding standard left in a large hand. Cliff Reeves kindly examined this coin; Rose Nicholson kindly suggest it to be a sceat, while Kevin Leahy would prefer to see it as a barbarous copy nummus. Diameter: 11.5mm, Weight: …
Created on: Monday 10th January 2011
Last updated: Thursday 20th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brigsley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D73C36
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Tightly folded up silver band, now in two pieces. The larger part of the band is tapering towards one end, although the tip of that end broke off in antiquity. The other, wider end is where the smaller, separate part of the band snapped off recently. The larger part of the band is decorated with punched dots framing the edges and running in an arching pattern across the band. Two faint, incised lines are inscribed into the dotted arches. The use of the band is unclear. Its original length as well as thinness make it unlikely to have been a finger ring or similar. …
Created on: Wednesday 14th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 23rd September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D6A974
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast silver ingot hammered into a rectangular bar of slightly rounded rectangular section with faceted edges; length, 30.4 mm. One face shows file marks and a deep cut in one edge and one long side has a testing nick made with the point of a knife or chisel, which is typical of ingots of the Viking period. This report was kindly prepared by B.M. Ager of the British Museum. Subsequent Action - Donated to North Lincolnshire Museum
Created on: Wednesday 14th July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 17th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton upon Humber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E97D05
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Biconical silver bead, probably made from thin sheet and now preserved by being full of clayey soil. The cross-section of the sheet is visible where a small patch is missing on one side. The bead is made in two halves, each with gently convex curved sides and a circular hole c. 2mm in diameter at the narrow end; the seam would probably originally have been soldered together, but now appears to be split along its length. There is no decoration either at the seam or the holes, or around either half. Biconical metal beads of this kind are known from the late 6th century but they becom…
Created on: Tuesday 27th July 2010
Last updated: Sunday 5th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B4B904
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver pin of middle Anglo-Saxon date (8th century). The head is flat, tapering in thickness to a minimum of 1.5mm, and is complete but irregular in shape with added engraved decoration, identical on both faces. It appears to depict a stylised animal's head in profile. A mouth is formed from a concave edge with a groove running alongside to delineate the lower jaw, and there is a small projecting nose above forming one of the pinhead's upper corners. A wide shallow groove runs down from the top of the pinhead, almost vertical but angled slightly towards the mouth, and hints at a brow …
Created on: Thursday 23rd September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-B6BB44
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Coin. Penny of Edward the Martyr (975-978). Obverse description: Bust draped and diademed left. Obverse inscription: [---]A[---] Reverse description: Small central cross. Reverse inscription: [--]A?N[--] Diameter: 18.3mm, Weight: 0.71gms. This coin is a torn fragment, between half and two thirds of the original remains, albeit in fair condition.
Created on: Thursday 23rd September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 21st October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-07BE78
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver. Coin. Penny of Coenwulf of Mercia (796-821) as identified by finder, resembles Keary (1970) vol. 1 no. 77, plate 8 no. 12. Obverse description: Bust ?nimbed right with arc and pellet above. Initial cross pattee of wedges. Obverse inscription: +COENVVLF REX ?M (M with horizontal line above). Reverse description: Cross with trumpet-shaped ray between each arm. Reverse inscription: +MON+ETA+OB?+, for moneyer Oba. Diameter: 20.6mm, Weight: 1.02gms, die axis possibly 9.
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 25th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Faldingworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-94D926
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver(?) Coin. Sceat, as identified by finder, Abramson page 60 suggests Series G type 3a, Abramson G140, possibly York mint, Secondary Series, dated from 710-720. Obverse description: Diademed bust right with long cross pommee before (to right). Reverse description: Beaded standard enclosing three saltires and one trefoil in angles, central pellet in annulet. Struck so part is lost or off flan. Diameter: 12.7mm, Weight: 0.80gms.
Created on: Friday 22nd July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9634B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Coin. Penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), broken, mended by finder Obverse description: Facing bust crowned bearded and draped, flail-like ?sceptre left. Pellet border to ?canopy above and ?robe below. This distinctively draped and hirsute bust resembles Mossop 1970 plate 79 no. 10, which is ascribed to the Lincoln moneyer ODGRIM. Obverse inscription: EADWARD REX [---], as kindly corrected by Kevin Leahy, who identifies P and adjacent ?character as rendering W. Reverse description: Central cross pattee with circumferential legend. Reverse inscription: A?PLN?COT…
Created on: Friday 22nd July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-7DA312
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified item of jewellery of early Anglo-Saxon date. The object is a melted fragment of silver, with both faces having the wrinkled surface resulting from the melting and congealing of metal. On one face a scrap of decorative detail survives; a strip 2mm wide decorated with two rows of punched triangles set apex-inward and one above the other, to give an impression of a reserved zig-zag in between. The triangles are filled with a dark grey or black material which is probably niello, and the strip appears to be flanked by slightly raised metal. The fragment measures 18.8mm long …
Created on: Monday 9th May 2011
Last updated: Thursday 2nd May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Low Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9D1C77
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Sub-rectangular or D-shaped head of a gilded silver pin. At one end the edge is more rectilinear, with a circular scar c. 2mm in diameter, where the shaft has been lost. The pin head has opposed flat faces, a flat undecorated front and a curved back. The flat main faces have similar decoration. Three curving V-section grooves spring from the middle of the end nearest the scar, curving and separating slightly towards the lower corner of the other end. The effect is that of a bird's beak, and this is heightened by a small dot set close to the springing point of the grooves,…
Created on: Tuesday 12th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winteringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-07B302
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin fragment. Late Saxon penny fraction, possibly a contemporary copy of Edward the Elder (899-924); appears to have the obverse design on both sides. The earliest in the sequence illustrated by Mossop (1970, The Lincoln Mint c.890-1279, Corbitt and Hunter, Newcastle upon Tyne, plate 1) include examples with the OLE ending and coins identified as Viking copies of coins of Alfred. However, he does not illustrate copies of Edward's coins. Obverse description: Cross pattee in inner circle, initial cross pattee. Obverse inscription: +EADW(--)AR R(--) Reverse descrip…
Created on: Monday 25th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-07CDD0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin, Penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066) as identified by the finder, moneyer Godric at Lincoln mint. An astonishingly bright and crisp coin, though slightly bent. Mossop 1970 plate 72 nos 14-19. Obverse description: Draped, diademed and cuirassed bust left, no sceptre, either initial cross pattee or an X of that form. Obverse inscription: [?]+EDDR [?]ARD RE[?]X, if so, the A is inverted. Uncertain if X or initial cross is intended. Reverse description: Voided long cross, pellet in centre. Initial cross pattee. Reverse inscription: +GODRIC ON LINC …
Created on: Monday 25th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-07E613
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. Sceat, series X variety H (Abramson 2006), X500 LB, BM types 31, 710-740 issued at Ribe, Denmark Obverse description: Monster looking backwards with two triple claws below, an arc of pellets below and struck slightly off flan. Reverse description: Facing Wodan radiate bust with convex lines forming beard, a bordered arc of pellets above. The ears and pellet which should be in beard are masked by black material. Diameter: 11.5mm, Weight: 0.98gms, die axis: probably 6.
Created on: Monday 25th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-07FE33
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. Sceat. Series E, variety L E320 (Abramson 2006), Frisian issue of 700-765 Obverse description: Plumed bird right, tubular body, annulet and pellet below head. Reverse description: Beaded standard with five annulets with pellets in them and four pellets between them. Diameter: 12.5mm, Weight: 1.10gms, die axis: 3
Created on: Monday 25th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0810B0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. Sceat. Possibly series E E130 (Abramson 2006), issue of 710-765 Obverse description: Quilled crescent enclosing three bars; the a curve appears at the edge of the flan. Reverse description: Beaded standard with 'degenerate' TOT motif, actually tidily rendered and with marginal strokes and lines, none of which are in cruciform figures. Diameter: 12.5mm, Weight: 1.02gms, die axis: probably 12
Created on: Monday 25th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-1A6811
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Possible Thor's hammer amulet made from a bright and shiny silver (see below for compositional analysis). It is made from a rod of rounded sub-rectangular section, one end hammered to form a flared, originally triangular, end. The other end of the rod is rectilinear, 2.9mm wide, and there is a small dimple in the very end. The rod is c. 27mm long, and is 2.2mm thick at most. The triangular end has a minimum thickness of 0.7mm; the upper edges are smooth and straight, but the lower edge is more wavy and irregular. The corners have been folded in on one face and hammered fl…
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-1B0476
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver (for [e] and [f] material is verified by finder's analysis) possible ingot fragments. Objects 1(a)-(f) were found in a loose scatter and were brought to the attention of Dr Kevin Leahy before 1996, along with a gold finger ring fragment found a little to the north. The gold finger ring was considered as Viking 'hackgold' and was duly reported under the Treasure Trove system then obtaining. The other objects were, however, deemed undiagnostic and returned to the finder. NLM-1B89B2 was found by another metal detector user, in the same general area but north-east of the other find…
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-1B89B2
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver bracelet fragment. Five rectangular section (width c. 2mm) strands of wire wound together into single twisted or cabled strand with a cast zoomorphic terminal/ This comprises a rounded collar bearing rows of punched dots of diameter circa 0.4mm, a curving round-section neck of diameter 3.5mm, with an elongated sub-triangular terminal which in profile depicts a beast with long flattened ears and elongated jaws agape. Incised lines on both sides delineate the jaws which are notched with punch marks to represent three fangs along either jaw, with a further punch mark for the eye. …
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.