Record ID: IOW-FA246E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval copper-alloy unidentified object which has been adapted from a Fourth Issue penny of George III (1760-1820), minted at the Soho mint, Birmingham and dated 1806 on coin. Spink: 3780. Obverse: GEO[RG]IVS III D G RE[X] 1806; Bust, laureate draped right. Reverse: [BRITANNIA]; [Britannia seated left]. Diameter: 34.0mm. Weight: 15.88g. The coin has been adapted for another use. There is an off-centre circular hole with a diameter of 9.9mm. There are two further circular holes which are almost diametrically opposed. These have a diameter of about 2.8mm.
Created on: Monday 16th September 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 17th September 2019
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Record ID: IOW-F94AB8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn Roman copper-alloy coin, probably a dupondius or as of unclear 1st-3rd century AD type. Unclear reverse type. Obverse: [...]; Unclear. Reverse: [...]; Unclear. Diameter: 26.7mm. Weight: 9.14g.
Created on: Monday 16th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2019
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Record ID: IOW-F8DFFF
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy token farthing issued by Elizabeth Maynard, an apothecary of Newport, Isle of Wight, c. 1664. Champion 1995: 51, ref: 112. Obverse: ELIZ . MAYNARD . NEW; E M Reverse: PORT. ILE . OF . WITE .; E M Diameter: 15.3mm. Weight: 0.59g. DA=12:12. Elizabeth Maynard, nee Clarke, was Anthony's widow and probably continued to trade as an apothecary, until her son, Anthony, completed his training and took over the business. Champion, A. F., 1995. Trade Tokens of the Isle of Wight. Privately Published.
Created on: Monday 16th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2019
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Record ID: IOW-F86684
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn post-Medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial mark uncertain (North 1991: 133-137, refs: 1988, 2001, 2017). Obverse: [E D G] ROSA SINE SPINA (a rose without thorns); Crowned bust left. Reverse: [CI]VI/T[AS]/L[ON/DON]; Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription. Diameter: 13.6mm. Weight: 0.30g. 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 16th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2019
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Record ID: IOW-F774F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn post-Medieval silver eighth thistle merk of James VI (1567-1625) of Scotland, dating to the period 1601-1603. Spink: 5500. Obverse: IACOBVS.6.D[ ]; Crowned shield. Reverse: [REGEM] IOVA PROTEG[IT]; Crowned thistle. Diameter: 15.7mm. Weight: 0.57g. DA=12:2.
Created on: Monday 16th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2019
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Record ID: IOW-F6DA2D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval silver farthing of Edward I (1272-1307), minted at London. Class 9, 1294-1300 (North 1991: 34, refs: 1056; Withers 2001: 28, ref: type 22). Obverse: + E R AN GL DN; Crowned bust facing with a trifoliate crown (no inner circle). Reverse: CIVI/TA[S]/LON/DON; Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant. Diameter: 11.9mm. Weight: 0.34g. DA=12:8-9. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London. Withers, P. and B. 2001. Halfpennies and Farthings of Edward I and I…
Created on: Monday 16th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2019
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Record ID: IOW-EBDA67
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy uniface coin-weight for an ecu or half ecu (c. 1422-1525). Obverse: Three fleurs-de-lis within a crowned heater shield. Reverse: plain. Diameter: 14.3mm; thickness: 2.8mm. Weight: 2.99g. (46.0 grains). Paul Withers notes; 'these are French or English weights for the French ecu and half ecu, which were issued with minor weight variations, from Charles VII (1422-61) to the ecu a la couronne neuf of Louis XI (1436-1475). In 1525 the ecu was current in England for four shillings' (Withers & Withers 1995: 39). Comparable exam…
Created on: Monday 16th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2019
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Record ID: IOW-EBABE1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval silver penny of Edward I (1272-1307), minted at London. Class 2b, 1279-1280 (North 1991: 28, ref: 1015). Obverse: EDWR ANGL DNS hYB; Crowned bust facing with a trifoliate crown and wedged drapery. Reverse: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON; Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant. Diameter: 17.6mm. Weight: 1.06g. DA-12:12. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Monday 16th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2019
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Record ID: IOW-EB7CB7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Medieval silver cut farthing of William I of Scotland 1165-1214), minted by Raul at Roxburgh. Short Cross and Stars coinage. Phase A, c. 1195-c. 1205. Obverse: [WILLE]LM[VS REX]; Crowned head with sceptre. Obverse: +RA[ ]; Short cross voided with a six-pointed star in each quadrant. Length: 9.3mm; width: 9.0mm. Weight: 0.28g.
Created on: Monday 16th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 15th June 2020
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Record ID: IOW-EB506A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and worn Roman copper-alloy sestertius, probably of Lucius Verus (AD161-169), dating to the period c. AD 161-169. Unclear reverse type. Mint of Rome. Obverse: [...]; Bare-headed bust right. Reverse: [ ]; Unclear. Diameter: 31.0mm. Weight: 13.61g.
Created on: Monday 16th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2019
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Record ID: IOW-EAE122
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete post-Medieval copper-alloy Anonymous rechen meister Nuremberg jetton (c. 1550-c. 1580). Probably a '1553' Series. Mitchiner 1988: 415, ref: 1424. The jetton is pierced with a circular hole, 0.9mm in diameter, at 1 o' clock on the obverse. Obverse: Rechen meister seated at counting table with jettons and account book. Reverse: Alphabet (not framed): ABCD/EFGII/KLMNO/QRSTV/XYZ[ ] (H omitted; J shown as I). Mark below may be 1553. Diameter: 26.0mm. Weight: 2.37g. DA=12:12. Mitchiner, M. 1998. The Medieval Period and Nuremberg: Volume I. London: Seaby. So…
Created on: Sunday 15th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2019
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Record ID: IOW-E9F126
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 Canterbury. Class 3a2. 1248-1249 (North 1994: 226, ref: 986). Obverse: hE[NRICVS RE]X III'; Crowned bust facing without sceptre. Reverse: [ ]/[ ]/ONC/ANT (ON AN ligated); Voided long cross with three pellets in each quadrant. Diameter: 17.4mm. Weight: 0.70g. 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: Sunday 15th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2019
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Record ID: IOW-A2C0AB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, fractured and worn Medieval silver penny of Edward III (1327-1377), minted at York, Pre-Treaty E or Treaty B onwards, stops not visible, c. 1354-1377 (North 1991: 51-59). Obverse: EDWARD[ ]; Crowned bust facing with a bifoliate crown. Reverse: CIVI/TAS/[EBO/R]ACI; Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant, centre of cross unclear. Diameter: 17.5mm. Weight: 0.75g. DA=12:9. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Thursday 12th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 12th September 2019
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Record ID: IOW-A1F156
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn post-Medieval silver penny of Charles I (1625-1649), Initial marks: two pellets. Group D or E. Inner circle on obverse only (North 1991:163, refs: 2271-2272). Obverse: CAROLVS D G M [B F E]T H REX; Crowned bust left with I (mark of value) behind head. Reverse: IVSTITIA.THRONVM.FIR[MA]T ('Justice strengthens the throne'); Oval garnished shield. Diameter: 14.5mm. Weight: 0.54g. DA=12:1. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Thursday 12th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 12th September 2019
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Record ID: IOW-8E0574
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval silver penny of Edward I (1272-1307), minted at London. Class 9b, 1300 (North 1991: 30, ref: 1037/1). Obverse: EDWR ANGL DNS hYB (pot-hooked N's); Crowned bust facing with a trifoliate crown and wedged drapery, no star on breast. Reverse: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON (pot-hooked N's); Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant. Diameter: 17.8mm. Weight: 1.38g. DA=12:12. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Wednesday 11th September 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 11th September 2019
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Record ID: IOW-8C960B
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. Probably class 3a-3c, 1248-1250 (North 1994: 226, refs: 986-988). Obverse: [hENRICVS R]EX·[III]; Crowned bust facing without sceptre. Reverse: [ ]/[ ]/[ ]/NDE (ND ligated); Voided long cross with three pellets in each quadrant. Length: 8.8mm; width: 8.1mm. Weight: 0.31g. North, J.J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Wednesday 11th September 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 11th September 2019
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Record ID: IOW-7A5F4E
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper-alloy socketed axehead (c. 1000 BC-c. 800 BC). This fragment is the lower part of the blade including the cutting edge. There is a transverse break at the top where the base of the socket is present. In side view it is roughly 'V'-shaped. The surface is lost due to corrosion except where a thick light brown patina survives. Height: 22.0mm; width: 37.8mm; thickness: 10.6mm. Weight: 24.93g.
Created on: Tuesday 10th September 2019
Last updated: Friday 11th October 2019
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Record ID: IOW-6BB528
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and slightly corroded Medieval copper-alloy circular uniface coin-weight for a gold noble (1412-1464). One side has a raised design depicting a single masted and standing rigging clinker built ship (cog) left, with a lis above the fore castle and a lion passant guardant above the after castle. The design indicates it is for the noble or its fractions, Withers and Withers (1995:19) describe such weights as British and dates them to the 15th or 16th centuries. Its weight suggests it may have been for a full noble of the 15th-century, produced at 108 grains from 1412 to 146…
Created on: Monday 9th September 2019
Last updated: Friday 13th September 2019
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Record ID: IOW-6B6D3E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possibly clipped 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 SPI[N]A (A rose without thorns); Crowned bust left. Reverse: CIVI/TA[S/LO]N/DON; Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription. Diameter: 14.3mm. Weight: 0.42g. DA=12:3. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Monday 9th September 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 10th September 2019
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Record ID: IOW-66040F
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount or stud which appears to have been pressed (c. 1750-c. 1900). The tip of the spike is missing. The object is star-shaped. It has six evenly spaced pointed arms. The rear face is concave and has the remains of a spike at the centre. Length: 20.6mm; width: 18.3mm; thickness: 2.3mm; thickness including stub: 5.4mm. Weight: 1.13g.
Created on: Monday 9th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 12th September 2019
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