Record ID: PUBLIC-A05132
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman cast copper alloy bow brooch (circa 43-410). The foot, the terminal and the catch plate and the lower part of the bow are present. The foot comprises a small turned globular terminal. There is a triangular catchplate and the bow is rectangular with a hemispherical cross-section. There are two linear grooves along the length of the bow. The breaks are worn and the whole object is in fair condition with green patination. The object is 35.14mm long, 5.38mm wide, 1.97mm wide and weighs 3.12grammes.
Created on: Friday 11th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A0DE61
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, possibly Roman, cast copper alloy bezel ring (circa 43-410), The ring has a flat oval face which shows signs of silvering on its surface - face measures 8mm X 6mm. Behind the face, on the flank there is a hole which appears to have been cast but the purpose of this is unknown. The sloping bezel shaped shoulders of the ring decrease in thickness from the oval face to where the ring itself circles the finger and this circle decreases in thickness (maybe wear) towards where the palm of the hand and the finger crease together. This thinnest part of the ring (.5m) has been…
Created on: Friday 11th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-EA3C58
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Late Hallstatt brooch dating to the Middle Iron Age, c. 450-300 BC. Hawkes and Hull Hallstatt D Group L. The brooch is incomplete with the foot and catchplate missing. The plain wings are apparently complete, with a median groove, and it has a very broad hollow-backed bow. On the reverse of the head there is a horizontal lug for a hinged pin. This aperture is now filled with iron corrosion, the remains of the spring. The surviving measurements are 33mm in length, with a wingspan of 20mm. The width of the bow is 14mm. Weighs 17g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Last updated: Monday 8th March 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-244801
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron cannon ball of post-medieval (probably English Civil War) date (1600-1700AD). The cannonball is sub-spherical with a diameter of c. 3.08 inches or 78.2mm. It weighs 1.926 kilograms (4.4lbs). It is made of iron which has been cast with a visible seam . There is a circular indentation on one side (or base) 1.25inches or 31.7mm diameter with a raised roughly circular area in the middle of this c. .47 inches or 12mm diameter. The ball is of a mid-brown colour with areas of flaking and corrosion. The cannon ball is in fairly good condition; however, there are a number of areas whic…
Created on: Wednesday 6th February 2013
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-672C91
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy crotal bell of post-medieval date. Both hemispheres of the integrally cast bell remain in tact separated by a median band which was intended to imitate the earlier two-piece crotal bells. A rectangular suspension loop with central perforation projects from the top of the bell and there are two sounding holes centrally placed in the top half of the bell under the central perforation of the suspension loop.. The lower hemisphere bears an elongated ovate sound slot with a circular hole at each end and the loose pea remains in-situ and functional. The metal has…
Created on: Saturday 9th February 2013
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-67E0F6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy D shaped buckle dating from the early medieval period, AD900-1100. It has some elements of the Ringerike style and is probably Anglo-Scandinavian or Viking. It has a broad, flat frame and a narrowed strap bar. The centre of the curved frame has a trilobed projection and there are two further two-lobed projections and two one-lobed projections equally interspaced around the D curve of the outer edge. The upper surface has decoration in the form of grooved lines segmenting the overall area into sections linked to the outer lobes. The inner side of the D has a groove …
Created on: Saturday 9th February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 1st April 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-686825
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy belt mount of 'crowned head' or 'king's head' type. It is cast in the form of the head and shoulders of a man with incised and relief features. It has a slightly raised nose, deeply gashed mouth and eyes and a jagged crown looking almost like sun rays. Projections to each side of the head suggest curled hair. A separate copper-alloy rivet makes a round mark in the centre of the forehead, and there is another in the centre of the chest between the shoulders. The fixing projections on the back of the mount are pointing outwards away from the centre of the mount. Gr…
Created on: Saturday 9th February 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-68C8D1
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead probable palm guard of post-medieval date. The palm guard is roughly oval in plan with a slightly concave reverse and a small projection on one corner. The curved or convex obverse side has two small circular depressions. The object may have been used to protect the palm from the force of using awls and punches in an industry such as leatherworking. The metal is a mid pink/greyish-brown colour. The palm guard is 99.88mm long, 56.35mm wide, 7.8mm thick and weighs 306g.
Created on: Saturday 9th February 2013
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-C38053
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount of Williams' Class A type 11A. The mount is triangular in plan with a circular rivet hole at the top, now encrusted with iron corrosion on the reverse. The mount is quite worn but it has a raised outer border, within which is a rampant beast, similar to a lion or dog facing left, with its head thrown back in a howl and its right foreleg raised. It also has a raised tail curling across its back towards the head. Below this beast within the outer border is two rivet holes, the left hand one of these has the rivet still visible. On the reverse of t…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-5337E7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver short cross penny, very worn, class 5c-7b. Either John or Henry III 1199-1272. Possibly a contemporary copy. Minted in London by RAVLF Weighs 1.21g.
Created on: Saturday 2nd November 2013
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-540732
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One complete half of a Post-Medieval (1500-1650) copper alloy two-part toggle clasp (eye section) of Read Type5, from a sword belt of 16th to 17th century date. This fitting is all case-in-one and comprises a curvilinear main body with three lobed projections at each side and a small circular raised projection at one end decorated with a clockwise impeller. This projection forms the male side of the clasp and would have fitted into an opening in the opposing part of the clasp. There is a small circular iron rivet at the other end of the object to attach the fitting to the strap. The u…
Created on: Saturday 2nd November 2013
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-675406
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy oval hooked tag with three projecting loops for attachment to clothing and the larger loop at the top has been broken off.. The tag is decorated with punched lines and circles which form a floral spray. The tag belongs to Read's Early Post Medieval Class A, Type 8, eg no. 665 etc. Length 38mm, width 20mm, thickness 1.4mm . Weighs 4.26g.
Created on: Sunday 3rd November 2013
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-679483
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped silver three farthings of Elizabeth I. Obverse: Crowned bust facing left with a rose behind the head within an inner circle of pellets. Legend: '[+E DG ROSA SINE SPINA]'. Reverse: Square shield over long cross fourchée. No date above. Legend: '+CIVI/TAS/[LON/DON]'. Mintmark cross crosslets, Denoting date of 1560-1561.
Created on: Sunday 3rd November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-67B884
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn and abraded copper James I (1603-1625) farthing of Harrington type, Weighs 0.21g.
Created on: Sunday 3rd November 2013
Last updated: Monday 8th May 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-681F88
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy/bronze rotary key of Medieval date with green patination. The bow, and possibly a portion of the shaft is missing from the end of the circular-sectioned stem. This stem has a hollow tip. The bit has two mirror image sections with two clefts to both the top and side edges extending approx. 5mm from the top edge and 3mm from the sides, with a central division approx. 18mm deep with a bridge between the two halves at approx.8mm from the top.
Created on: Sunday 3rd November 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 19th June 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F2BAE2
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nail of sheet metal construction - copper alloy. Probably Roman. Nail has been formed by making a tapering, pointed tube and then flattening the head, possibly when being hammered into place, thus producing a flattened top which has split into two halves. 31mm long with hammered top section 16mm X 8.5mm. Weighs 2.98g.
Created on: Friday 22nd November 2013
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-091AD5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Two fragments of Late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy Langton Down brooches which were found in the same field. Both fragments consist of part of a spring case coering the upper bow with a rectangular and curved bow. The bow is decorated with a series of vertical depressions running its length. The larger fragment is 20mm long, 14.75mm wide and 8.5mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition and weighs 2.43grams. The smaller fragment measures 15mm long, 14.25mm wide and 10.4mm thick. In fair condition and weighs 3.44grams. The brooch is similar to examples in Hattatt, R. A visual…
Created on: Saturday 23rd November 2013
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-095622
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy crotal bell of post-medieval date. Both hemispheres of the integrally cast bell remain in tact separated by a median band which was intended to imitate the earlier two-piece crotal bells. A rectangular suspension loop with central perforation projects from the top of the bell and there are two sounding holes centrally placed in the top half of the bell under the central perforation of the suspension loop.. The lower hemisphere bears an elongated ovate sound slot with a circular hole at each end and the loose pea remains in-situ and functional. The metal ha…
Created on: Saturday 23rd November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-099806
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hooked belt or sword-belt hanger, cast in one piece. Flattened, three-dimensional moulded relief. Hook section S-shaped in snake form with realistic scales to top section, moulded head. Underside with hatched lines/rings across the body in worm fashion. Similar to item 824. page 230 of Hooked-Clasps & Eyes by Brian Read. 39.69 X 23.4mm weighs 14.95gramms. Could date from 19th century but could also be modern.
Created on: Saturday 23rd November 2013
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-09F458
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn and slightly clipped slver hammered penny of Charles I r.1625-49. Obverse: bust facing left I behind. Legend: '[CAROLVS D G M B F ET H REX]'. Reverse: oval shield with royal coat of arms. Legend: '[IUSTITIA THRONUM FIRMAT]'. Pierced for use as pendant. 13.95mm diameter, weighs .38gramme.
Created on: Saturday 23rd November 2013
Last updated: Saturday 29th July 2017
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