Record ID: SUR-EE2CC8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval to modern copy taken from a Renaissance struck copy ('Paduan') of a sestertius of Caligula (AD 37-41), originally dating to AD39-40, ADLOCVT COH S C, Gaius addressing soldiers. For original Roman coin, see RIC I, p. 111, no. 40. The original Renaissance piece was most probably struck by Giovanni da Cavino in Padua in the 16th Century AD. Cast copies were subsequently taken, probably mostly for Grand Tourists in subsequent centuries. Full description: Obv; C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P III P P; Laureate head of Caligula (Gaius) left Rev. ADLOCVT, COH, S C…
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2016
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Record ID: SUR-EBD73D
Object type: MEDAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A First World War medal (British War Medal) awarded to a member of the VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment). The medal has suffered from some edge damage which appears to have been purposely inflicted. Laurence Spring reports: Lorna Marjorie Cambrier Faunce She was born on 6 February 1889 at Dalhousie, Bengal, India. Her parents were Charles Edward and Winifred Mary Faunce. The 1901 census records her as being a pupil at a private school for girls at Corstorphine, Connaught Road, Weymouth, along with her older sister Gladys, who was also born in India. Neither Lorna or Gladys …
Created on: Tuesday 8th September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2016
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Record ID: SUR-5C673B
Object type: DENTAL IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern gold dental plate with five intact gold rods for the attachment of porcelain teeth. The plate is now crumpled and in two roughly equal-sized pieces. A number of these plates have been found by metal detectorists. See eg IOW-A114B2 and LANCUM-3DE363 for information in more detail.
Created on: Tuesday 1st September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd September 2015
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Record ID: SUR-CA9ED7
Object type: DRESS
Broad period: MODERN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern gilded chatelaine fitting or hook. The gilded copper alloy fitting has a long spatulate extension which would have been hooked over a belt and which has two rivet holes for attachment. The extension curves forward and expands into a decorative plate infilled with a rose, leaves and scrolls. On the external corners of this plate are two projecting loops from each of which hangs a gold ring and from each the terminal of a gold attachment, apparently comprising twisted gold wire. This is likely to be of later 19th century or early 20th century date.
Created on: Tuesday 24th February 2015
Last updated: Thursday 19th March 2015
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Record ID: SUR-D2D574
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver florin coin of George V, 1911-1919, which is in the process of being adapted to form a finger ring. The process by which the coin was converted into a ring is incomplete in this example, which was presumably abandoned part way through the process. Clearly the edges of the coin have been hammered inwards so that the object takes on an H-shaped section. The central part would presumably then have been drilled out. The inscription GEORGIVS V DG BRITT OMN REX FD IND IMP can still be read and the bust is still clearly visible.
Created on: Monday 19th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 19th January 2015
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Record ID: SUR-961965
Object type: TOBACCO HOLDER
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A three-sided sheet metal aluminium case measuring 60.61mm by 41.90mm by 20.14mm thick. The case is probably a matchbox holder and probably dates to to the latter period of the First World War; however a date earlier in the war cannot be ruled out. The decoration is all carried out using a zigzag technique. On the spine, within a frame, is the name YPRES in capitals. One side is decorated with a symmetrical branching foliate design with leaves and quatrefoils, all within a box frame. The other side bears a pair of rifles and crossed flags; one flag is the Union Flag and the o…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd December 2014
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Record ID: SUR-188A84
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of 35 lead alloy apparent tokens of uncertain but probably modern date found scattered across a field. Each token has an obverse which shows a bearded bust facing left, possibly with lettering in front arranged in an arc. The reverse shows a standing stick-like figure holding a staff in one hand while in the other is an annular object on a rod, facing downwards. From a sample of four examples the tokens have a mean diameter of 19.42mm and a mean weight of 7.53g. Each shows evidence for a casting seam. The tokens bear little resemblance to post medieval lead tokens and ar…
Created on: Wednesday 17th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 19th March 2015
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Record ID: SUR-5DAC61
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Reading
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver pendant, probably of recent date. The pendant is oval with a rounded face and a flat back with multiple file marks. On the rounded face is a group of twelve unevenly drilled pits arranged into the form of a horseshoe. A single drilled aperture is sited at the opening of the horseshoe. The pendant gives the impression of its being a home made item.
Created on: Monday 8th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th December 2014
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Record ID: SUR-84CEC1
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: MODERN
County: Bracknell Forest
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 19th century oval gold locket. The locket is hinged into two valves and has retained its contents. On the front of the locket is an engraved horse's head above a coronet, signifying a family. Within one valve is a sheet of paper with a linen backing and part of a glass protective layer. The paper is presumably the remains of a photograph but nothing is now visible. The remainder of the contents are n olnger clear but include some apparent hair, the wing of an insect and other material not readily identifiable.
Created on: Tuesday 16th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Record ID: SUR-DCE3EE
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a printer's block of late 19th century date. The fragment has been identified by the finder as being part of an advertisement for a book on the History of Protestantism. The advertisement appears in a newspaper dated 1874.
Created on: Monday 8th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
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Record ID: SUR-5C7A0E
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern (fashionable c1890-c1920) chain link or mesh woman's purse or bag. The bag is made from many hundreds of tiny circular links. Fringed along the bottom of the purse are numerous tiny metal balls. The distorted circular frame from which the purse is suspended is covered with a white metal coating.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Record ID: SUR-486C74
Object type: MEDALLION
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy medallion dating to c1880. The medallion celebrates the founding on Sunday Schools by Robert Raikes (1736-1811) in July 1780. Obverse: Bust of Robert Raikes facing left. ROBERT RAIKES / FOUNDER OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS. Reverse: JESUS SAID SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME / SUNDAY SCHOOL / CENTENARY CELEBRATION 1880
Created on: Monday 1st September 2014
Last updated: Monday 1st September 2014
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Record ID: SUR-B3656D
Object type: AMULET
Broad period: MODERN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern Islamic amulet found on the Thames foreshore. The amulet comprises a roughly cut silver disc, engraved on both sides. The disc was found wrapped in a thin plastic bag and inserted within a small sealed leather pouch which measures 36mm square.. Vesta Curtis of the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum comments: This is an Islamic amulet with Sura 42, Verse 19 of the Koran (in Arabic): 'God is kind to its creations and is generous to those He chooses. He is great and victorious.' The other side shows a magic square surrounded by Arabic inscriptions (top)' …
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 13th August 2014
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Record ID: SUR-B33FCA
Object type: MEDALLION
Broad period: MODERN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy medallion with a single suspension hole. The medallion is medieval in appearance. Side one shows a king flanked by two saints, all beneath decorative architectural canopies. Side two shows a queen flanked by saints, all beneath similar canopies. Scrolls fill the rest of the field and tiny illegible lettering appears, vertically arranged, on both sides of the scene.On both sides is a circuit of closely-spaced lettering which has proven very difficult to read and may be nonsense Latin got up to look genuine. Apart from APOSTOLORIS IOhIS little can be made out. The me…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 13th August 2014
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Record ID: SUR-8098C3
Object type: PLAQUE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy double-sided sheet copper alloy plaque, both sides depicting a two-storey building dated 1727, the details incuse. The image is closely comparable with the Old Town Hall in Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA, which is dated 1727. The plaque is pierced for suspension, presumably from a wire and is probably intended as a decoration. Dating is unclear but the plaque probably lies in the date range 1850-1950.
Created on: Monday 23rd June 2014
Last updated: Monday 23rd June 2014
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Record ID: SUR-02569A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Bracknell Forest
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast coin from Morocco dating to the 19th century. The obverse depicts a six-point star with a pellet in the centre. The date on the reverse, in the Arabic calendar, is too worn to be read.
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
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Record ID: SUR-A1D898
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern cast copper alloy button made in imitation of a Roman radiate coin of Postumus. The radiate bust faces right. The surrounding inscription can be read as [IM]P C POSTVMVS P F AVG. The back is left plain.
Created on: Monday 19th May 2014
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
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Record ID: SUR-F49A73
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Windsor and Maidenhead
Workflow stage: Published
A modern Penny of George VI (1936-1952). The coin has been modified, perhaps to form part of a brooch, by cutting around the figure of Britannia on the reverse.
Created on: Thursday 27th February 2014
Last updated: Monday 30th March 2015
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Record ID: SUR-608001
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An annular lead sea fishing weight of a type know as a Watch weight. On both sides is a series of eight pellets, possibly separately applied. The apex loop is integral and evidence for suspension in the form of grooves is visible. Dating si uncertain but a 19th or even 20th century date seems assured.
Created on: Thursday 20th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th February 2014
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Record ID: SUR-FA8232
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Windsor and Maidenhead
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern (c1900) toy pistol, 64.3mm long, made of lead alloy or aluminium, and with an iron trigger and firing mechanism. The gun has a circular tray for the powder charge. The surface decoration is cast and the barrel has been left plain.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd January 2014
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