Record ID: ESS-B02CF7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age or Romano-British strap union, Taylor and Brailsford type 1. This object is constructed of a figure of eight flanked on either side by a vertical bar, attached at each end by a moulded oval collar. Each collar has an incised central line running around it. The figure of eight is semicircular in section having a flat rear side with a domed front, and the vertical bars are circular in section. Aside from the incised lines on the collars the object is undecorated. The overall patina of the object is dark green, with some light green and red/brown. It measures 32.4mm long, 2…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2016
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Record ID: ESS-1D3342
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper-alloy skillet or frying pan. Most of the bowl of the pan survives (approximately 80%) with a fraction of the base and approximately 20% of the wall and rim missing. There is an integral short flanged socket extending from the bowl which accommodated the folding handle (now missing). The bowl is now distorted both horizontally and vertically, but once had a flat base. The walls are almost vertical but are very slightly divergent. The walls simply ‘fold over’ into a simple flanged rim set at approximately 90 degrees. The handle socket is formed from a projecti…
Created on: Monday 20th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-88B381
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Half a silver penny of Stephen (1135-1154), Awbridge type (c. 1150-1158). Obverse: Bearded bust three-quarters left, crowned and holding sceptre in right hand, [STIEFNE]. Reverse: Voided cross within a beaded quatrefoil; in each angle, a fleur. It measures 17.4mm in diameter and weighs 0.6g. North, J. J. 1980. English Hammered Coinage. Volume 1: Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III c.600-1272, page 164, ref. 881.
Created on: Monday 13th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-CBB6C4
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper-alloy horse-harness pendant, of medieval date. It is roughly lozenge-shaped, and originally had eight integral projecting arms, one at each corner of the lozenge and one along each of the four sides. Only one of the arms has survived and all but one of the breaks appear worn. The central lozenge has a beaded edge; it contains a gilded and enamelled shield within a double ridged border, the inner ridge bolder and beaded. The enamel decoration on the shield consists of 3 chevrons in red with gilding in between. This design (Or three chevrons Gules) is one variant of th…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 11th May 2021
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Record ID: ESS-BB1D45
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
Papal bulla of Urban III, AD 1185-7, complete and in very good condition.
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-B6B9A8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman silver denarius of Domitian as Caesar under Vespasian (AD 69-79), dating to AD 79 (Reece Period 4). Obverse: [CAESAR AVG. F.] DOMI[TIANVS COS VI] laureate head right. Reverse: [PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS], clasped hands holding legionary eagle set on prow. Mint of Rome. RIC II (2nd ed), p. 136, no. 1081. (Old edition RIC II, page 43, ref. 246).
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2006
Last updated: Sunday 12th April 2020
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Record ID: ESS-B55901
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman siver siliqua of the House of Theodosius, probably VIRTVS ROMANORVM,(Female figure seated left on cuirass, holding a reversed spear) c. 388-402. Clipped and broken. See RIC IX Trier, 94 & 106; RIC X Milan, 1226 for possible types.
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-A1B891
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a copper-alloy pipe, probably late medieval in date. This fragment is broken off at one end and has three rows of knobs at the other resembling a mace. This is not a mace head as such since these are normally made of iron. One possibility is that this is part of a candle holder from the later medieval period (1300 onwards) although again these objects are much more common in iron. If from a candle holder it might be from the central section of the stand. As this is clearly only a fragment, some 68mm long and 59mm in maximum diameter, it is not easy to identify.
Created on: Monday 9th October 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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Record ID: ESS-A02895
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy mount from a medieval hanging laver. The mount is in the form of a female human head and measures 53mm high, 56mm wide and 22mm thick. The head is shown with a centre parting and hair to either side of the face, oval eyes, a long straight nose and a slit-like mouth. A deep circular hollow in the back of the head is for the attachment of a handle, and the break at the neck is where the head would have been soldered to the side of the vessel. Finds of mounts are not uncommon since the mount represents the laver's greatest point of weakness and thus is most vulnerable t…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Record ID: ESS-9FD2F6
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy stirrup fragment. It measures 68mm long and 40mm high. In its complete form, this style of stirrup has a shell-shaped cover plate guarding the strap attachment and a broad, flat footrest formed of four curved and twisted bars. It seems to have been introduced towards the end of the fifteenth century in response to changes in foot-armour. The use of copper alloy is unusual as medieval stirrups are usually made of iron, though medieval craftsmen tended to follow the same patterns regardless of the material being used. Only ten or so copper alloy examples have been found a…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2006
Last updated: Friday 20th March 2015
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Record ID: ESS-61D8E4
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint axehead or adze. This large flaked flint axe/adze measures 220 mm in length and 70 mm in width at the blade corners (when complete) and has a slender profile. It has straight sides tapering to the butt, and a gently curving blade edge which has a marked junction with the sides. The blade edge and the butt are symmetrically opposed. The butt, one side edge and a blade corner have been damaged in recent times. The artefact appears to have been made of a large flake which gives it a plano-convex cross-section. This spectacular axe/adze is in perfect condition (ap…
Created on: Friday 6th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-109370
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman denarius coin of. C. Sulpicius Platorinus struck in 13 BC during the reign of Augustus. Obverse: bare head right, CAESAR [AVGVS]TVS. Reverse: bare head right, M. AGRIPPA PLATORINVS [IIIVIR]. It is in a very fine condition but has been broken into three pieces and glued together. It weighs 2.85g and has a die axis of 9. Mattingley and Sydenham, Roman Imperial Coinage, Volume I, page 73, ref. 408. This coin is part of a hoard of 5 Roman denarius coins, Object IDs ESS106093, ESS109370, ESS10C6B4, ESS10E334 and ESS10F9E3. The group would appear to represent at least…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-0C8FD7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy finger ring fragment, AD 50-125. This finger ring has an undecorated narrow hoop of flat section and a white glass setting. It has an external diameter of 20mm. A Henig Type III finger ring (Henig, M. 1978. A Corpus of Roman Engraved Genstones from British Sites, page 38, figure 1).
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-CF63D3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman silver siliqua of Julian II, AD 360-363. Obverse: bust, right, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed. Inscription reads D. N. IVLIAN/VS P. F. AVG. Reverse: VOTIS/V/MVLTIS/X in a laurel-wreath. Mint mark PCON (Arles), 360-1. Mattingley and Sydenham, Roman Imperial Coinage, Volume VIII, page 227, ref. 295. Without an image it is not possible to know if the coin is clipped.
Created on: Friday 29th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-BE18D4
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe. It is made of orange-brown flint and has an ovoid shape and a flat profile. On one face an area of cortex is preserved. The handaxe is in relatively good condition with only a few modern surface chips. It measures 113mm long, has a maximum width of 72mm and a maximum thickness of 33mm. It weighs 332g.
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2006
Last updated: Friday 9th May 2014
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Record ID: ESS-BD8454
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A Late Iron Age copper alloy bucket mount. This very rare mount measures 62mm by 53mm. The mount is of cruciform shape with an ovoid shape head in the centre. The head is that of a human male and has round eyes, a nose and a visible hairline (all other details have been lost due to wear). At the top of the head is a projecting circular suspension loop, and three ‘arms’ project out from the sides and base of the mount. Although two of these arms are partially broken, all three appear to have had a small circular rivet hole at their terminal. The back of the object is slightly …
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2006
Last updated: Monday 3rd December 2012
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Record ID: ESS-BC11C0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon mount decorated in Style 1, copper alloy. It is decorated with two designs - a human face with prominent eyes and nose, and a triangular area enclosing a disjointed limb. The face is similar to those found on the feet of the florid cruciform brooches of the sixth century. The lower areas of the design retain substantial evidence of gilding. The back of the mount is plain and there is no evidence of any means of attachment. The mount appears to be largely complete, although there is possibly some damage to the left side. The mount measures 44mm long by 22mm wide.
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-6AF458
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval cast copper-alloy book clasp of Howsam type A.9.2. The attachment plate is rectangular and hollow. In the centre of the open end is a single rivet hole with copper-alloy rivet. The front of the plate is decorated with a plain border, within which are the reserved black-letter initials ihc (the sacred monogram based on the Greek word for Jesus) against a possibly cross-hatched ground. Extending from the plate is an integral central lozenge-shaped area, also hollow. A plain and slightly raised border runs around the outside of the lozenge, two further incised lines run around t…
Created on: Tuesday 12th September 2006
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
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Record ID: ESS-11C830
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon, cruciform brooch. The copper alloy fragment consists of the head, bow and part of the foot of the brooch (all integral). The knobs are semi-circular in shape on short raised wasted necks and are decorated with incised lines, possibly representing faces of raised dots for eyes and a broad curled nose. The head plate is rectangular and consists of a raised rectangular central panel which tapers towards the top knob and two wings on either side of the panel. Below the head is the bow which has a C-shaped profile. The bow is decorated with two rectangular depressions, on…
Created on: Friday 8th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-031E91
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon cast copper-alloy supporting-arm brooch. It has a sub-rectangular head with cylindrical wings and capped ends. It has a semi-circular sectioned bow, is C-shaped in profile and has a straight leg. There is no foot knob. There are pairs of transverse grooved lines at the top and bottom of the straight leg, at the top and bottom of the bow, at the bottom of the rectangular head, and there is a single transverse grooved line at the top of the head. The back is undecorated. The catchplate has survived and extends to the end of the brooch's foot, but the curl is missing. T…
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
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