Record ID: LEIC-99FD63
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of undated fragmentary objects/ casting waste? Each object has a greenish/grey patina, with a hint of a shiny surface showing through in patches. The smallest is is in the form of a droplet or small casting sprue clearly diagnostic of metalworking. The next is roughly C shaped with a projecting triangular cross section. The largest has the appearance of being fractured from a large mass? and has one flat surface with diagonal striations running across it. The objects measurements from left to right in the photo are:- L W T wg…
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-99D41B
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated lead alloy weight, 28mm long, 24mm wide and 17mm thick with a weight of 37.47g. The object is sub circular in form and cross section. It has been crudely cast and has a small circular hole in the centre of its wider flat surface.
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-999499
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated lead alloy weight, 20mm in diameter and 17mm thick with a weight of 39.13g. The object is sub circular in form with a semi-circular cross section. It has been crudely cast and has a slight lip with a circular hole in its base, just off centre and a corresponding, slightly smaller one in its upper surface.
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-9980B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 33mm long, 18mm wide and 8mm thick with a weight of 4.71g. The brooch has short circular cross sectioned wings which contain the remains of an iron rod and which would have housed a hinged pin (now missing). It has a plain semi-circular cross sectioned tapering bow which is missing its base and has the scars of a large openwork catch plate on its reverse, which would have taken up two thirds of the bows length.
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-9950EA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy headstud brooch, 23mm long, 15mm wide and 8mm thick with a weight of 4.88g. The brooch is in poor condition and incomplete. It has narrow rectangular shaped and cross sectioned wings which house a hinged pin recess (pin now missing) and sit behind a rectangular cross sectioned bow. This has a raised circular motif at its shoulder just above a sharp turn in the bow, which is missing its base.
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2019
Last updated: Sunday 8th March 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-985280
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric worked flake? 26mm long 17mm wide and 9mm thick with a weight of 4.31g. The object is sub rectangular in form and triangular in cross section. It has a prominent bulb of percussion and stepped, abrupt re-touch on its opposite short edge.
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-973C07
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic blade like flake, 36mm long 16mm wide and 6mm thick with a weight of 3.91g. The object is rectangular in form and cross section and is corticated down one side of its dorsal face. It has possible re -touch along one of its narrow edges (top as shown)
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-96D32D
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Collection of 6 prehistoric flint objects, including probable 4 flakes, 1 probable core (bottom right as shown), a notch (top right)?
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-964C0C
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic flint knife? 34mm long, 27mm wide and 7mm thick with a weight of 6.16g. The object is sub rectangular in form and cross section. It has a prominent ripple marks and has a patch of corticated surface on part of its dorsal face. It has one straight edge which has short, stepped abrupt re-touch and small patches of re-cortication.
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-961732
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to early Bronze Age flint scraper, 42mm long, 27mm wide and 11mm thick with a weight of 16.77g. The object is oval in form and sub semi-circular in cross section. It has a prominent bulb of percussion and is corticated on its dorsal face. It has short, stepped re-touch, which is abrupt along one side and semi-abrupt along the other. It has very abrupt, short, stepped re-touch along its short rounded end.
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-468221
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Near Nuneaton, Leicestershire (BM ref: 2019T104) 15+2 Roman silver Republican and imperial Denarii and 1 possibly associated worn As/Dupondius. (note the images are not in the same order as the final report. see below for coins by image no.) no Issuer obverse Reverse Date Range Ref. Wt 1 Republican Denarius of L. Philippus Head of Philip V right wearing Macedonian helmet; ROMA monogram behind Equestrian statue right, flower below horse; 113-112 …
Created on: Friday 1st February 2019
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
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Record ID: LEIC-197F9C
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver button, 14mm long, 12mm in diameter and weighing 1.54g. The button is spherical and hollow with a projecting 'nipple' 2mm in diameter, on the centre of its outer surface. Its has an integral circular sewing loop on its reverse, flanked by two small circular holes. Around the 'nipple' is incised decoration in the form of a six petalled double layered flower resembling a Tudor rose motif. This is formed of six rounded petals with triangular petals emerging from underneath the point the rounded petals meet. This is enclosed by a double incised border filled with…
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd November 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-175ABD
Object type: LAMP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Published
Possible Roman ceramic oil lamp c. 90mm long. The lamp is circular in form and sub circular in cross section. It has a small sub- triangular shaped spout like projection at one side with a circular hole in its upper surface and on the opposite side is a solid semi-circular handle. The upper part of the lamp has a large circular hole with a lip and then a flat border which itself has a lipped edge. It is decorate with a series of 'tear drop' shaped projections in a row. This lamp resembles the Gerasan round type manufactured in Jerash, Jordan; and also round versions of th…
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
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Record ID: LEIC-EC27C3
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval iron horseshoe fragment, 91mm long and 20mm wide with a weight of 54g. The fragment represents just under half a shoe, has a rectangular cross section and a curved tapering form. It has one inner flat edge and the outer edge is 'lobate' with rounded projections. These allow for oval shaped recesses with rectangular holes to accommodate the nails. There are three such holes in the fragment, two of which still contain the rectangular cross sectioned nails. The fragment terminates with a narrow rectangular cross sectioned end which is folded over itself. The fragment f…
Created on: Monday 28th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-867E87
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval ? Medieval ? silver buckle component, 16mm long, 15mm wide and 1mm thick at plate (3.5 mm thick at hinge) with a weight of 2.05g. The object is sub triangular in from and rectangular in cross section. It has three small holes in a triangular formation, in the triangular plate, 2mm in diameter. At each end of its flat edge it has two rectangular projections which have been folded over to form a hinge. This is filled with a circular cross sectioned silver bar.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 22nd April 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-09EA7C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver voided long cross penny of Henry III, Moneyer Nicole, London mint, Class 3a1-b 1249-50.
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 29th January 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-F330E2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy radiate of unknown emperor. very worn and incomplete.
Created on: Wednesday 16th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 16th January 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-DF8AA3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval to Post medieval copper alloy vessel foot, 26mm long, 21mm wide and 14mm thick with a weight of 29.51g. The foot has a sub rectangular form and semi-circular cross section. It widens slightly towards the base where its swells in all directions. It broadly fits FRG Datasheet 41 types b-c, but is more worn/undefined.
Created on: Tuesday 15th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-DF47CE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic or Bronze age ceramic vessel sherd, 51mm long, 38mm wide and 12mm thick with a weight of 29.29g. A body sherd with large, irregular calcite inclusions in an earthy, uneven body. It varies in colour from a cream/buff inner surface, brown/beige body to an orange outer surface. It is decorated with two sets of parallel depressions interrupted by at least one transverse pair of depressions. Possibly late late Neolithic to early Bronze age grooved ware?
Created on: Tuesday 15th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-DF0339
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead alloy token , 27mm long, 23mm wide and 5mm thick with a weight of 17.79g. The object is circular in form and rectangular in cross section. It is decorated on one face with an irregular lattice work of two sets of right angled raised lines.
Created on: Tuesday 15th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
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