Record ID: HAMP-949C85
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded post-medieval lead-alloy biface token. On one face there are the uppercase letters'A.H',beneath which there is an exergue line and the numbers 157. It is not clear if there is a final digit, but if so, these numbers may indicate a date. The reverse face is less clear but is possibly marked with the letters 'RIC', with a wavy line positioned beneath the C. Lead tokens are believed to have fulfilled a variety of functions throughout history. The earliest types are thought to have served an ecclesiastical purpose, but they are also known to have been used extensively to provi…
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Penton Mewsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-919226
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy cloth seal of post-Medieval date. The object is comprised of a sub-circular disc with a squashed integral rivet on the reverse side. The second circular disc is missing, as is the connecting strip.The front face has raised design consisting of an outer border of small saltire crosses, an inner circle, and the letters 'RW' with 'GH' or 'CH' below. Egan, in Finds Research Group data sheet 3; p.3; No. 17a, shows a 17th century seal from Norwich that may possibly be related.
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Penton Mewsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-FB12F4
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete post-medieval cast copper-alloy rowel spur body. The spur arms are crescent shape in plan, 'D'-shaped in cross-section and taper towards the missing attachment terminals; the remnants are of unequal length and terminate in old breaks. At the apex of the curve the neck of the spur protrudes at right angles. Where it joins there is a moulded double-collar to the neck which then bifurcates to form the rowel box. The two halves of the split rowel box have sub-circular shaped finials with central holes that would have accommodated the spindle for the rowel. Traces…
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2011
Last updated: Friday 20th November 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-FA2E22
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and complete medieval to post-medieval copper-alloy thimble. The thimble is slightly tapered from its base to the shoulder of the shallow domed top. At its base there is a band devoid of surface indentations. The indentations are most probably made by hand drilling and spiral in adjacent rows upwards from the band at the base to the top of the thimble. There is a circular 'tonsure' at the centre of the thimble top. Thimbles of this type date from the late medieval to the post-medieval period circa 1450 to 1650. It measures 23.7mm long, 21.9mm wide, 1.3mm thick, and weigh…
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2011
Last updated: Friday 21st August 2015
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Record ID: HAMP-F748B8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and clipped 17th-century post-medieval silver halfgroat of James I (AD 1603-1625), second coinage, London mint (AD 1606-1607; North 2104)
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2011
Last updated: Friday 21st August 2015
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Record ID: HAMP-F59BC6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval silver cut halfpenny of Harold I; sole reign (1037-1040 AD). The coin is a fleur de lis type (North 803; 1038-1040 AD), mint and moneyer uncertain.
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2011
Last updated: Monday 3rd August 2015
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Record ID: HAMP-F41DF5
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded post-medieval cast copper-alloy 'crotal' bell. The bell is spherical and comprises of two hemispherical domes with a raised circumferential join. The top hemisphere has two circular sound holes located on either side of the suspension loop. The integral sub-rectangular supension loop projects from the top and is contoured into the body of the bell; it has a central circular hole. The lower hemisphere of the bell has a long narrow sound slit that terminates at either end in a larger circular hole. The bell has a very worn fish-scale design over its lower hemisphere.…
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2011
Last updated: Friday 21st August 2015
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Record ID: HAMP-A54DA5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a clipped medieval silver halfgroat of Henry VII (1485-1509). Class IIIa (North 1708), with lis initial mark, dating to 1485-1490. Mint of London. North (1975, 83). This fragment measures 16.1mm by 8.5mm, and weighs 0.32g.
Created on: Tuesday 16th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 3rd August 2015
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Record ID: HAMP-8D74F3
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg jetton of Hans Krauwinckel II (fl. 1586-1635) dating 1586-1635. Rose/orb type with unclear inscription. Minted at Nuremberg. Worn and corroded, the jetton measures 21.1mm in diameter, has a thickness of 0.5mm, and weighs 0.84g.
Created on: Monday 15th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 3rd August 2015
Spatial data recorded.