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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
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This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: IOW-0650A8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Medieval silver halfpenny of Edward III (1327-1377), minted at London. Third (Florin) Coinage, 1344-1351 (North 1991: 48, ref: 1131; Withers 2002: 26, Type 7).
Obverse: [ ]DWAR[ ]; Crowned bust facing.
Reverse: [CIVI/TAS]/LOn/D[On]; Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant.
Length: 9.9mm; width: 8.1mm. Weight: 0.17g. DA=12:12.
North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Withers, P. and B. 2002. Halfpennies and Farthings of Edward III and Richard II. Llanfyll…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd October 2019
Last updated: Saturday 26th October 2019
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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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This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
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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This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
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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This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
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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This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: IOW-ED7775
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn Medieval silver long cross cut farthing of Henry III (1216-1272). Class 5, 1250-1275 (North 1994: 226-227, refs: 991/1-997).
Obverse: [hENRICVS REX] III; Crowned bust facing with sceptre.
Reverse: [ ]R[ ]; Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant.
Length: 9.8mm; width: 7.9mm. Weight: 0.28g.
North, J.J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
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-E14568
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval silver long cross cut farthing of Henry III (1216-1272), minted at London. Class 3a2. 1248-1249 (North 1994: 226, ref: 986).
Obverse: h[ENRICVS REX] III'; Crowned bust facing without sceptre.
Reverse: [ ]/[ ]/[ ]/NDE (ND ligated); Voided long cross with three pellets in each quadrant.
Length: 9.3mm; width: 9.1mm. Weight: 0.36g. DA=12:2.
North, J.J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
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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This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: IOW-DC09F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval silver penny of John (1199-1216), minted by Fulke at London. Class 5b, 1205-1207 (North 1994: 221, ref: 970).
Obverse: hENRICVS REX; Crowned bust facing with sceptre.
Reverse: +FVLkE·ON·LVNDE (ND ligated); Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant.
Diameter: 18.6mm. Weight: 1.28g. DA=12:4.
North, J. J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
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This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
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-965199
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and worn Roman copper-alloy nummus of Valentinian II (AD 375-392), dating to the period c. AD 388-392 (Reece period 21). VICTORIA AVGGG reverse type depicting Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm. Unclear mint.
Obverse: [...]TINI-[...]S P F A[VG]; Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: [VI]CTOR-[IA AVGGG]; Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm.
Diameter: 11.8mm. Weight: 0.78g. DA=12:12-1.
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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This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
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
Spatial data recorded.
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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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Record ID: IOW-5BE597
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and heavily corroded Roman silver coin, possibly a denarius of unclear type, probably dating to the period c. AD 192-260. Unclear mint.
Obverse: [...]; Unclear laureate(?) bust right.
Reverse: [...]; Unclear, possible standing figure left?
Length: 17.2mm; width: 13.8mm. Weight: 1.09g
Created on: Tuesday 15th October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 17th October 2019
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