Record ID: IOW-C98129
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval silver long cross cut halfpenny of Henry III (1216-1272), minted at Winchester. Class 3a-3c, 1248-1250 (North 1994: 226, refs: 986-988). Obverse: [hEN]RICVS REX [III]; Crowned bust facing without sceptre. Reverse: [ ]/[ ]/ONW/INC (ON ligated); Voided long cross with three pellets in each quadrant. Diameter: 17.0mm. Weight: 0.54.g. DA=12:9. North, J.J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Monday 13th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 13th January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-C87817
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn Medieval Venetian silver soldino of Doge Nicola Marcello (1473-1474). Obverse: NI.MARCELL[VS DVX]; Doge standing left, holding banner. An unclear mintmark in the right field is possibly 3/T. Reverse: Winged and nimbate Lion of St. Mark holding the book of Gospels, all within a quadrilobe. Diameter: 11.4mm. Weight: 0.18g. DA=12:8.
Created on: Monday 13th January 2020
Last updated: Saturday 18th January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-C7D464
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn Medieval cut farthing of John (1199-1216), minted by Simon at Canterbury or Chichester. Class 5b, 1205-1207 (North 1994: 221, ref: 970). Obverse: [hENRIC]VS R[EX]; Crowned bust facing with sceptre. Reverse: + (cross pattée) SIMO[ ]; Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant. Length: 8.8mm; width: 8.8mm. Weight: 0.32g. Weight: 1.34g. DA=12:11. North, J.J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Monday 13th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 13th January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-C745B4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete and worn Roman copper-alloy sestertius of Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-180), dating to the period c. AD 161-180 (Reece period 8). Unclear reverse type. Mint of Rome. Obverse: […L?] AN[…]; Unclear Laureate bust right. Reverse type is illegible. Diameter: 33.0mm. Weight: 24.39g.
Created on: Monday 13th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 13th January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-C6F3A5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and partially corroded Medieval copper-alloy annular buckle (c. 1250-c. 1400). There is no constriction for the pin which indicates it is a buckle rather than a brooch​. The frame is circular in plan and is bevelled internally on the upper and lower face. The crudely made tapering pin is folded and may be a replacement. It has an unusually large loop. The metal of the frame has a different appearance to that of the pin. The frame is green with patches corrosion and trace of a white metal coating. The pin is a lighter green and has no white metal coating. '…
Created on: Monday 13th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 14th January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-C66008
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete post-Medieval silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial marks: hand/hand, 1589/90-1591/2 (North 1991: 137, ref: 2016). Obverse: E.D.G.ROSA.SINE.SPINA (A rose without thorns); Crowned bust facing left with two pellets (mark of value) behind the head. Reverse: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON; Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription. Diameter: 16.0mm. Weight: 0.75g. DA=12:5. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Monday 13th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 13th January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-C5E9F5
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but damaged post-Medieval to Modern copper-alloy white metal coated military button (1859-1921). A button of the Isle of Wight Artillery and Infantry Volunteer Corps. The Carisbrooke Company. The button is circular in plan, convex at the front and concave at the rear. At the front it has a raised design consisting of a medieval drum tower with I*W*V in serifed capitals below (Isle of Wight Volunteers). It has a six-pointed 'star' at each side of the letter W. At the rear there is an integral loop which is bent. The front is white metal coated. Diameter: 20.5m…
Created on: Monday 13th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 13th January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-B9BF3E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead weight of Unknown date (c. AD 43-1800). This weight is domed at the top and concave on the underside. Holes on the underside were probably created by bubbles forming during casting. The remains of an imbedded iron wire suspension loop is visible at the top. The weight is off-white and the surface is slightly powdery with small areas of a buff patina. Height: 37.0mm; diameter: 34.1mm. Weight: 224.55g.
Created on: Sunday 12th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 14th January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-B99C0E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped and worn Medieval silver penny of Edward IV (1461-1470), minted at Durham under Bishop Lawrence Booth and dating to the period, 1464-1466 (North 1991: 89, refs: 1602, 1603). Obverse: Illegible; Crowned bust facing, marks by neck illegible. Reverse: Illegible; Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant, B at centre of cross. Diameter: 14.6mm. Weight: 0.53g. DA=12:12. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Sunday 12th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-B8FE08
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Middle Bronze Age copper-alloy palstave axehead of uncertain type (1500-1150 BC). This fragment is an incomplete blade which is now sub-triangular in plan. Some of the breaks appear to be recent. The sides of the blade flare evenly from the break at the top which has occurred just beneath the missing stop. The cutting edge is missing. On each broad face a central vertical mid-rib diminishes in width towards the bottom. One edge has a prominent casting seam. A casting seam is not present on the other edge but may have been hammered down. This palstave ha…
Created on: Sunday 12th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 13th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.