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Record ID: IOW-F7BBA3
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy and gilded harness pendant suspension mount of Medieval date (c. AD 1150 – c. AD 1450). Length 34.0mm, width 13.8mm and 4.2mm thick. Weight 6.63g.
The mount is sub-oval in plan and is wider at the top than at the bottom. The front is deeply convex and the rear is deeply concave. At the top right it is slightly misshapen. The maximum width close to the top is 13.8mm and at the bottom the width is 7.2mm. At this point two parallel perforated lugs extend downwards and these, together with an extant iron bar, form a hinge around which a harness pendant cou…
Created on: Monday 7th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: IOW-081F54
Object type: HARNESS HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy and gilded strap fitting in the form of a belt hanger of Medieval date (AD 1400 - AD 1500). Length 55.6mm, maximum thickness 11.0mm. Weight 19.42g. The object comprises a terminal in the form of an animal's head (possibly that of hound) and an integral curving shaft, the end of which formed a loop through which a belt or strap could be threaded. The loop is missing and the break is old. The head is sub-rectangular in plan, as viewed from above. It has a length of 10.1mm and a maximum width of 7.1mm. The beast's eyes are absent and the ears are indistinc…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: IOW-09A970
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Groat of Henry VI, AD 1422-27 (North 1975, 60. ref. 1424).
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: IOW-0DB9A1
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast lead tablet, possibly a form of seal matrix. Probably Medieval (c. AD 1200 - c. AD 1400). Length 19.0mm, width 16.1mm and 2.4mm thick. Weight 4.87g.
In plan, the object has parallel sides. One end is rounded and the opposite end is straight. The straight end may be the result of an old break. However, due to corrosion it is difficult to decide whether this is a break or whether it is a finished edge which is merely abraded. One face of the tablet has a moulded inscription in three lines, one above the other. It starts at the straight end and ends at the rounded en…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: IOW-1AA1D3
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy and enamelled elaborate quatrefoil shaped harness pendant of Medieval date (c. AD 1300 – c. AD 1400). Length 35.0mm, width 27.0mm and 2.3mm thick. Weight 7.47g.
It has pointed knops at the intersections with a suspension loop turned at an angle of 90° to the plane of the pendant. The front face has an indeterminate enamelled design (now coloured dark green) on a field now empty of its original material which was also possibly enamel. This design is surrounded by a narrow border of enamel (now coloured red).
The object is in poor condition. No patin…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: IOW-22B2F3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Cut halfpenny of John. Class 6b, AD 1199-1216 (North 1994, 222).
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: IOW-2EB665
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A small complete cast copper alloy rotary key of Medieval date (c. AD 1350 - c. AD 1400). Length 35.3mm, maximum thickness 4.9mm. Weight 5.40g. This key has been crudely made. The bow is sub-circular in plan with a maximum diameter of 15.3mm and an inner diameter of about 10.0mm. There is no shoulder between the bow and the solid shank. The shank has a length of about 22.0mm and is sub-circular in cross-section, having a diameter of about 5.0mm. The bit measures 7.0mm x 7.2mm x 2.9mm and has small asymmetrical clefts. The key is corroded and in poor condition. However, it also has a…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 13th June 2013
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This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: IOW-323476
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast lead rod, probably a pencil of Medieval or Post Medieval date (c. AD 1066 - c. AD 1650). Length 36.0mm, width 4.8mm and 4.7mm thick. Weight 16.62g.
This object is roughly square in cross-section. One end has a small waist, probably for the attachment of a cord. The opposite end tapers to a rounded point. The object is in good condition and has a patchy buff patina.
Dr Helen Geake of the Portable Antiquities Scheme has commented:
"The use of lead pencils is still not really understood. At Winchester they are found mainly in 13th- or 14th-century contexts, and it…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: IOW-4B6522
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast, enamelled and gilded mount of Medieval date, probably late thirteenth or fourteenth century (c. AD 1250 – c. AD 1400). Length 36.4mm, width 16.2mm and 3.4mm thick. Weight 5.28g.
The mount, probably for a box or casket, consists of three distinct elements, a sub-square plate, a shaft (or arm) and a perforated terminal. It is moulded and decorated at the front but flat and plain at the rear.
The plate is 17.8mm in length and 16.3mm wide. At the centre of the plate is a circular recess, 10.6mm in diameter. Within the circle is a square shield surrounded by blue en…
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded.
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Record ID: IOW-6CF635
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy and enamelled square-shaped harness pendant of Medieval date (c. AD 1100 - c. AD 1250). Length 17.2mm, width 14.0mm and 1.4mm thick. Weight 1.88g.
Centrally situated along the top edge is an upward projecting abraded stub of the shaft of a suspension loop. The loop itself would have characteristically been at a 90° angle to the plane of the pendant. At the centre of the pendant's front face is a sub-circular enamelled motif which has a diameter of about 10.0mm, The enamel, largely intact, is now coloured dark red/crimson. A reserve formed within the …
Created on: Sunday 13th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: IOW-AD6D84
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Cut farthing of Henry III. Class 5, AD 1251-72 (North 1980, 182-3, refs 991-999).
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: IOW-B0C5A1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Farthing of Edward II. Class 13, c. AD 1315 - c. AD 1318 (North 1975, 28, ref. 1070).
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: IOW-1C1447
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete halfpenny of Henry VI. AD 1427-30 (North 1975, 62, ref. 1453).
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: IOW-2DA204
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A pierced Venetian grosso of Doge Francesco Dandolo (AD 1329-39). The coin is pierced through the head of Christ on the reverse.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: IOW-414F35
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy sewing thimble of Late Medieval or Early Post-Medieval date (AD 1400 – AD 1550). Length 22.4mm, maximum diameter 22.0mm and 1.3mm thick. Weight 13.32g.
This thick-walled thimble is a “beehive” shape and may have been cast. The walls are about 1.3mm thick. The outer surface, including the apex, has circumferential lines of stamped indentations which are sub-circular in shape. The lines do not spiral. There is a small V-shaped “nick” on the rim. This feature is probably related to a manufacturing technique.
The thimble is in good condition an…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: IOW-6AE061
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete but severely corroded cast copper alloy and gilded double-looped buckle frame of Late Medieval or Early Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1450 – c. AD 1700). Length 32.4mm, width 26.2mm and 5.1mm thick. Weight 7.98g.
Each loop is an elongated oval shape and the loop closest to the outside edge is slightly smaller than the other loop. This buckle is extremely corroded. However, it appears to be flat at the front and rear, excepting the outside edge which is moulded at the front and slightly convex at the rear. The outside edge is about 7.0 mm in length and 25.8mm in width. On th…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: IOW-BF9D95
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete penny of Edward I. Class 2a, Jan. to May 1280 (North 1975, 22, ref. 1014).
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded.
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Record ID: IOW-D50E37
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a cast copper alloy vessel handle of Medieval or Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1250 - c. AD 1650). Length 25.1mm, width 28.5mm and 6.1mm thick. Weight 13.41g.
The fragment is the terminal end of a "flat handle". It is sub-rectangular in plan and has rounded corners at the terminal end with an old transverse break at the opposite end. The upper face is slightly convex and the underside has a pronounced central longitudinal carination.
It is in good condition and has a patchy light brown patina. The break is also patinated in the same manner. The underside has patches of…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded.
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Record ID: IOW-1C6353
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and corroded cast copper alloy seal matrix of Medieval date (c. AD 1250 – c. AD 1500). Length 17.2mm and diameter of die 17.1mm. Weight 4.69g.
The seal matrix has a circular die and a tapering handle which is hexagonal in cross-section. The handle terminates with a suspension loop which has a circular perforation of about 2.0mm diameter. Between the hexagonal part and the suspension loop is an indistinct groove. At the centre of the cut die is a device, possibly a bird which is enclosed by an inscription. The inscription is incomplete due to damage and corrosion and …
Created on: Saturday 2nd June 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: IOW-AAEB62
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval silver short cross cut halfpenny of John (1199-1216), minted by Abel at London. Class 5c-6x, 1207-1216 (North 1991: 221-222, refs: 971-976/4).
Obverse: [ ]RICVS[ ]; Crowned bust facing with sceptre
Reverse: +ABE[ ]NDE; Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant
Diameter: 16.4mm. Weight: 0.55g. DA=12:8-9.
Created on: Wednesday 8th May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 8th May 2013
Spatial data recorded.
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