Record ID: IOW-A572C8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy bow-and-fantail brooch (AD 50-150). Parts of the wings, axis bar and catch-plate are missing due to breaks. The pin is also missing. The wings, width 31.0mm, are sub-cylindrical in cross-section and taper in width and thickness from the centre to the outer ends. Close to the bow, the wings measure c. 4.8 x 4.8mm. The lower parts of the wings appear to have been folded upwards to form a lateral butting joint. A break at one end of the wings reveals the remains of a corroded iron axis bar. At the rear of the wings is a rectangular slot, 3.8mm i…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 25th March 2020
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Record ID: IOW-A51DFE
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to post-Medieval lead alloy possible token (c. 1400-c. 1800). The object is circular in plan, moulded at the front and flat and plain at the rear. At the front the design is in the form of a shield with a long cross within. The design is similar to the Arms of the City of London. However, there is an apparent sword in the third quarter as well as the first quarter. This object is greyish buff and has a deliberate cut or chop mark at about 5 o' clock. Length: 30.2mm; width: 28.3mm; thickness: 2.8mm. Weight: 14.01g.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Last updated: Friday 4th November 2016
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Record ID: IOW-9E9DE5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval silver short cross penny of John (1199-1216), minted by Walter at London. Class 6b1, 1213-1215 (North 1994: 222, ref: 975/1). Obverse: hENRICVS REX, Crowned bust facing with sceptre. Reverse: +WALTER•ON•LVN; Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant. Diameter: 18.8mm. Weight: 1.36g. 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: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 15th November 2016
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Record ID: IOW-9DDD22
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy rose and orb Nuremberg jetton of Hans Krauwinckel II (master 1586-1635). Initial marks: rosette/rosette (Mitchiner 1988: 440, ref: 1535). Obverse: (rosette) HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN·NVR, Three crowns alternating with three lis, arranged centrifugally around a central rose with six petals, all within a circle. Reverse: (rosette) GOTTES GABEN·SOL MAN LOB (One should praise God's gifts), Imperial orb surmounted by a cross pattée within a tressure of three arches, all within a circle. Diameter: 21.0mm. Weight: 0.98g. DA=12:12. Mitchiner,…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
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