Record ID: BH-DAE2D1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy sestertius, probably of Trajan and dating to the period AD 98 - 117 (Reece period 5). Uncertain reverse and mint. Diameter:33. 2mm. Weight:14.77g.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birchanger', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-DAD57D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy nummus of Constans, dating to the period AD 348 - 350 (Reece period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse depicting the emperor standing left on galley, holding phoenix-on-globe and standard; with Victory seated in stern, steering. Uncertain mint. Dimensions not known ( recorded from photograph).
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birchanger', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-DABF3E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy radiate of Carausius, dating to the period AD c. 286 - 293 (Reece period 14). PAX AVG reverse depicting Pax standing left holding branch and vertical sceptre. Uncertain mint. cf RIC V, pt 2, p. 535, no, 880. Dimensions and weight not known (recorded from finder's photograph).
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birchanger', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-DA5B8B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy nummus of Constantine I, dating to the period AD 306 - 337.Uncertain reverse and mint. Diameter: 22mm; thickness: 1mm. Weight: 3.36g.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Moreton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-DA3766
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy token halfpenny, dating to the late 17th century. Diameter: 18mm. Weight:1.1g.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birchanger', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-DA250D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfpenny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). Fifth issue coin (Tower mint), minted 1582 - 1600. Diameter:10mm. Weight:0.3g.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birchanger', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-DA11A5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Rose farthing of Charles I, dating to the period 1636 - 1644. Uncertain type. Diameter: 13mm.Weight: 0.86g.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birchanger', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-D9FA85
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete lead-alloy object, probably representing part of a post-medieval cloth seal. The item comprises a single disc with moulded ropework border around a domed centre. The connecting strip extends from the centre of the otherwise flat reverse. Length:22. 8mm. Weight:1.15g.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Moreton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-D9D729
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy fragment of late medieva lto early post-medieval purse frame. The piece has a shallow curvature, V-shaped cross section and tapers to a pointed distal end. A circular perforation represents a sewing hole, by which the now-missing bag would have been attached to the frame. Surviving length:56.7mm. Weight:8.11g This is a piece of a pendent frame from a London Museum type A purse. It probably dates from the late 15th or early 16th centuries.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birchanger', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-D9C7C9
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval English 'Sterling bust' jetton of Class 10 (c.1300 - 1310) from the period of Edward I - Edward II. Reference: cf. Mitchiner nos. 102, 103. Diameter:20mm. Weight:1.36g.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Thursday 5th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birchanger', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-D9BE20
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper-alloy harness pendant. The pendant is circular in plan and generally of flat section, the exception to this being the central portion, where there is a lion mask, moulded in high relief. A ring of wavy grooves, representing the mane, surrounds this central element. Two concentric grooves form an outer border. Traces of gilding remain on the upper surface of the pendant. The apex loop has been worn through on its upper edge. The reverse of the pendant is plain. Height:31mm; width:24.5mm;depth/thickness: 13mm. Weight: 5.91g. A similar harness pendant(albeit le…
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birchanger', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-D9B217
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver penny of Edward I, II or III; dating to the period 1300 - 1344. Long-cross coinage, Classes 10-15. Diameter:20mm. Weight: 0.96g
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birchanger', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-D9A7E1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfpenny of Edward III, dating to the period 1335 - 1343. Second (star-marked) coinage. Mint of London. Diameter: 11mm.Weight: 0.37g.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Saturday 7th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birchanger', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-D99DC7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver cut farthing of Henry III or Edward I, dating to the period 1247 - 1278. Voided long-cross coinage. Uncertain moneyer and mint. Radius:11mm. Weight: 0.2g.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Saturday 7th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birchanger', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-D98BBF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Edward II, dating to 1309. Long cross coinage, Class 10cf4. Minted at London. Diameter:18mm. Weight: 1.35g.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 11th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birchanger', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-D97683
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy socketed spearhead, dating from the Mid to Late Bronze Age (c. 1500 - 800 BC). The conical socketis flanked on either side by fragments of the blade. The tip and base have been lost in antiquity and the surface is heavily corroded, with only patches of patina remaining. Length: 43mm; maximum diameter of socket:17.9mm. Weight: 14.77g.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birchanger', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-D750DC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper-alloy unit of uncertain ruler, dating to the period c.50 BC-c. 50 AD. Diameter:13.5mm; thickness: 2.3mm. Weight:1.47g.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Monday 30th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Streatley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-D74154
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper-alloy unit, Gallic import of the Carnutes, dating to the period c.80-50 BC, 'Eagle and Snake' type. Obverse: Head right. Reverse: Eagle right, with eaglet and snake. As ABC, p. 32, no. 109; BMC nos. 128-139. Diameter:16.7mm; thickness: 2.5mm; weight: 2.94g. See HAMP-BCE0B5 for a similar unit.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Monday 26th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Streatley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-D734E4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete gold quarter stater of Cunobelin, dating to the period AD c. 10 -c. 40. British Museum classification: Northern Gold of Cunobelin - 'Linear' Type. British Museum nos. 1837-1842 = Van Arsdell 1927 = Mack no. 209. Dimensions: 10.3mm diameter, 2.4mm thick. Weight: 1.11g.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 11th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wheathampstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-D725EC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Rosette/Thistle type brooch, dating from the Late Iron Age to Early Roman period. The copper-alloy spring is contained within a cylindrical, open-ended casing.A remnant of the pin projects from a central slit in this cylinder. The upper surface of the short bow is decorated with a series of parallel vertical ridges and grooves. At the base of the bow is a semicircular, flat- sectioned portion, held in place by a correspondinglycurved ridge on the upper surface of the lozenge-shaped plate below, the two elements being held together by a series of punchmarks. Extending…
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Thursday 12th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tilsworth', grid reference and parish protected.