Record ID: IOW-AFC497
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, worn and fractured post-Medieval silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial marks: [ermine]/ermine, dated 1572 on coin (North 1991, 135, ref: 1998). Obverse: [ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HI REGINA]; Crowned bust left with a rose behind the head. Reverse: [POSVI/DEV AD/IVTORE]/M MEV (I have made God my Helper); Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription with date of 1572 above shield. Diameter: 19.0mm. Weight: 0.82g. DA=12:3. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. …
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 31st October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-AE631E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval zoomorphic copper-alloy unidentified object, possibly a mount or handle. (c. 1700-c. 1850). This object is in the form of a stylised reptile without legs. The head is simple with an open mouth in the form of a horizontal slot and almond-shaped eyes. The tail curves back over the body and ends with a dragon-like arrow-shaped dart. The sides of the body, including the tail but not the head, are inscribed to represent scales. The upper and lower surfaces are not inscribed. Mid-way along the underside of the body a flaring project has a maximum diameter of 6…
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 7th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-98C6B2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount (c. 1600-c. 1700). In plan, the mount is in the form of two domed lobes divided by a smaller domed feature at the centre. The rear is flat and at each end there is a spike which is incomplete. These are rectangular in cross-section. The mount is reddish brown with flecks of green corrosion products. It is gilded at the front. Height: 25.0mm; width: 10.6mm; thickness of plate: 4.0mm; thickness including spike: 10.5mm. Weight: 3.88g. A similar mount has been published and dated to the 17th century (Read 2001: 28, fig. 21, ref: 3…
Created on: Wednesday 30th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 30th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-8186A3
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy token farthing of Joseph Foster, Newport, Isle of Wight, dated 1657 on token (Champion 1995: 39, 101). Obverse: IOSEPH · [FO]STER · [NEW]; 1657. Reverse: [PORT · ILE] · OF · WIGH[T]; F over I . M (arranged as a triad). Diameter: 15.2. Weight: 0.68g. DA=12:3. Trade tokens were issued between 1648 and 1672 at a time when there was little low denomination coinage being issued by the crown. As a result traders and business proprietors began issuing tokens as an alternate coinage with equivalent denominations of a farthing, half penny …
Created on: Tuesday 29th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 29th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-76148B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial marks: cross-crosslet/cross-crosslet, 1560-1561 (North 1991: 133, ref: 1988). Obverse: [E.D.]G.ROSA.SINE.SPINA (A rose without thorns); Crowned bust left. Reverse: CIVI/[TA]S/LON/DON; Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription. Diameter: 15.1mm. Weight: 0.54g. DA=12:6. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Monday 28th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 29th October 2019
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Record ID: IOW-1CAC38
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded post-Medieval copper-alloy rose farthing of Charles I (1625-1649). Unclear initial mark and type, 1636-1644 (North 1991: 165, refs: 2287-2293). Obverse: [CAROLV D G MAG BRI] (or similar); [Crown with sceptres in saltire through it]. Reverse: [FRAN ET HI REX] (or similar); Rose surmounted by a crown. Diameter: 12.5mm. Weight: 0.58g. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Thursday 24th October 2019
Last updated: Saturday 26th October 2019
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Record ID: IOW-06EFE7
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval lead possible dumb-bell shot or musket ball (c. 1600-c. 1700). This shot is spherical with embedded iron. It may be part of an iron-stemmed dumb-bell shot, a modified form of ammunition for a smooth bore muzzle loading weapon. The weight of the shot suggests that it was fired from a musket. The shot does not appear to be impacted and a casting seam is not apparent. Diameter: 19.3mm. Weight: 35.93g. Dumb-bell shot was a popular form of elongated shot, a means of increasing power, and although less common, iron connecting stems such as these are know…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-02EB9B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy buckle, possibly for a boot or garter (c. 1720-c. 1790). The drilled frame is square in plan with rounded corners and is rectangular in cross-section. It has a separate iron spindle that is enclosed by a copper-alloy tube with integral double-spiked tongues. This buckle has a shiny green patina in places with a deposit of iron inside one of the loops. There is no indication of any surface treatment and the tip of one spike is missing. Length: 17.0mm; width: 16.4mm; thickness at spindle: 3.6mm. Weight: 1.58g. Similar buckles have bee…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd October 2019
Last updated: Friday 25th October 2019
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Record ID: IOW-01A045
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval lead or lead-alloy whirligig or buzz disc/wheel of possible 17th to 18th century date (c. 1600-c. 1800). This whirligig has been made from a token. Most of the serrations are missing. The toy is now sub-circular in plan and has two string holes. It has an unclear raised design on each face. The object is buff and has a coarse surface. Length: 23.4mm; width: 22.7mm; thickness: 3.4mm. Weight: 8.03g. Similar objects have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See finds: BERK-7BD8D6; BH-C1A5C7; GLO-7194F8; HESH-901BA4; IOW-77…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd October 2019
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Record ID: IOW-F662ED
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy coin weight for thirty six shillings (c. 1740-c. 1780). It was used to weigh against the 4 escudos, a Portuguese coin otherwise known as the Johannes or "Joe" in England. The value was equal to that of thirty six shillings, with a weight of 14.32g. (Withers and Withers 2011: 66). However, this coin weight weighs 12.97g. The weight is marked on both faces: "S / 36". Diameter: 23.3mm. Weight: 12.97g. Compare with: ESS-BE0BE6; SWYOR-1E2CB2 and YORYM-FEF526. Withers, P. and Withers, B. R., (2011) "Lions Ships and Angels", Galata press.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd October 2019
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Record ID: IOW-EE0604
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval lead alloy token (1500-1850). Powell Type 1. One side has a five-petalled 'compass-drawn' flower head. The other side is unclear. This token is coarse and light buff. Diameter: 15.8mm. Weight: 4.54g. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. Those carrying initials are generally deemed to be post-Medieval in date (1500-1850), those which seem to mimic Medieval penny designs are deemed to be Medieval, t…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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Record ID: IOW-E1D0F7
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy coin-weight for a crown of Charles I (1625-1649). Obverse: CAROL REX; Crowned bust left. Reverse: -; Crowned 'V', 's' below. Diameter: 14.0mm; thickness: 1.4mm. Weight: 1.76g. (27.16095 grains). Withers and Withers list crowns as 2.3g. (35.0 grains). Withers and Withers 2011: 20 (g). Withers, P. and Withers, B. R., (2011) "Lions Ships and Angels", Galata press.
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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Record ID: IOW-E03473
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy token farthing of Joseph Foster, Newport, Isle of Wight, dated 1657 on token (Champion 1995: 39, 101). Obverse: IOSEPH · FOSTER · NEW; 1657. Reverse: PORT · ILE · OF · WIGHT; F over I . M (arranged as a triad). Diameter: 14.0. Weight: 0.58g. DA=12:6. Trade tokens were issued between 1648 and 1672 at a time when there was little low denomination coinage being issued by the crown. As a result traders and business proprietors began issuing tokens as an alternate coinage with equivalent denominations of a farthing, half penny or penny…
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 29th October 2019
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Record ID: IOW-9ABEAC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy double-looped annular buckle (c. 1700-c. 1950). The pin is missing. The buckle frame is oval in plan and the loops are 'D'-shaped and of equal size. The frame is oval in cross-section. The recessed strap bar is located centrally and is sub-square in cross-section. The buckle is coarse and drab orange and the surface detail has been lost. Length: 36.3mm; width: 30.5mm; thickness: 2.6mm; thickness including bar: 5.0mm. Weight: 5.64g.
Created on: Friday 18th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 18th October 2019
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Record ID: IOW-967DF5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount (c. 1600-c. 1700). This mount is sub-triangular in plan, moulded at the front and flat at the rear except for the spikes. A transverse groove divides the main body from a rounded knop. At the front the knop has vertical grooves. The main body has a groove close to each longer edge which converge and meet at the pointed end. Both tapering spikes are circular in cross-section. This mount has a dull green patina at the front and the rear is coarse. Length: 23.6mm; width: 10.0mm; thickness: 2.7mm; thickness including spikes: 7.1mm. Weig…
Created on: Friday 18th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 18th October 2019
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Record ID: IOW-8CF914
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy standing cylindrical weight of possible post-Medieval date (c. 1500-c. 1800). This weight is cylindrical with an integral suspension loop and a flat base. The main body varies in height with a maximum height of 15.7mm and a minimum height of 13.0mm. At the top an off-centre suspension loop measures 9.4mm high, 9.8mm at its widest and 4.8mm thick. The off-centre circular hole with parallel sides has a diameter of 4.4mm. This weight has a coarse surface and is grey and buff with flecks of iron corrosion. Diameter: 24.4mm; height: 27.0mm. Weight: 71.16g. (2…
Created on: Thursday 17th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 18th October 2019
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Record ID: IOW-87F4E0
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy clapper bell (c. 1400-c. 1700). Part of the walls and the clapper are missing. The walls of this sub-conical bell flare and form concave sides. The narrowed integral suspension loop narrows in width and thickness. The circular hole has a diameter of 3.4mm. There is a small lump of casting debris to one side of the suspension loop. The outer surface is pitted and corroded and has a possible founder's mark, a letter 'T'. On the outer surface, close to the plain rim, there are two parallel circumferential ridges which are barely …
Created on: Thursday 17th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 18th October 2019
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Record ID: IOW-77632D
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy dress-hook or hooked tag (c. 1500-c. 1650). Read class E, type 3. The shaft and the curving part are missing due to a break. The main plate is ovate with moulded openwork and relief decoration featuring a central chequered/hatched lozenge, possibly representing a pineapple, pinecone or thistle. An integral 'D'-sectioned rectangular attachment or sewing loop projects from the upper edge. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal is reddish brown. Length: 20.6mm; width: 15.3mm; thickness: 1.9mm. Weight: 1.47g. Similar dress-ho…
Created on: Wednesday 16th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
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Record ID: IOW-7232B2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded copper-alloy unidentified object, possibly Medieval or post-Medieval (c. 1250-c. 1800). This loop is drop-shaped and has a foil close to the pointed end where there is an abraded break. The frame is roughly circular in cross-section. This object is corroded and green. Length: 24.6mm; width: 17.6mm; thickness: 6.0mm. Weight: 4.23g.
Created on: Wednesday 16th October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 17th October 2019
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Record ID: IOW-714F5A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn post-Medieval Irish silver sixpence of James I (1603-1625). Second Coinage 1604-1607. Initial marks: [ ]/rose, 1605-1606. Spink: 6517. Obverse: IACOBVS·D [G M]AG BRI ET FRA [HI REX]; Crowned bust right. Reverse: ·T[VEAT]VR·VNITA·DEVS· (May God guard these united, i.e. kingdoms); Crowned harp. Diameter: 21.4mm. Weight: 2.01g. DA=12:4.
Created on: Wednesday 16th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 16th October 2019
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