Record ID: SOM-D06E6C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a white metal-coated copper alloy buckle of post-medieval buckle of probable 17th century date. Similar to no. 410 in Whitehead's 'Buckles 1250-1800' (p. 66).
Created on: Wednesday 3rd January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2018
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Record ID: SOM-D01539
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval trade token farthing issued by Jeffrey Grove in Taunton in 1664. Boyne and Williamson's no. 257.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd January 2018
Last updated: Sunday 3rd June 2018
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Record ID: SOM-CFE35B
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy slip top spoon handle of early post-medieval date. The handle, which is slightly bent in the middle, has a hexagonal profile with very slight facets. The broken end is slightly expanded but the majority of the bowl is missing.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd January 2018
Last updated: Sunday 3rd June 2018
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Record ID: SOM-CF7BE7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy asymmetrical double loop buckle of post-medieval date. One side of the frame is rectangular and the other side is curved with a central external projection. The frame is flat and the strap bar narrowed. The pin is missing. Undecorated with traces of a white metal coating.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2018
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Record ID: SOM-CF39C0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver sixpence coin of William III dating from 1696. Bent twice into an S-shape, possibly as a love token.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2018
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Record ID: SOM-CEA391
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn fragment of a post-medieval copper alloy rowel spur. Rowel box and neck only (rowel missing). Probably 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2020
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Record ID: SOM-A491FA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) dating from 1564. Pheon initial mark. Tower of London mint.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2017
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Record ID: SOM-A43D3E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) dating from the period 1582-3. Bell initial mark. Tower of London mint.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2017
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Record ID: SOM-A3A921
Object type: APOTHECARY WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy apothecary's weight of post-medieval date. The weight is flat and nearly square with chamfered edges. It measures 15.2mm in length, 13.8mm in width, 5.4mm in thickness and weighs 6.6g. Both faces are stamped with a traditional symbol (2 drachms) and a rose or star. The presence of the rose/star indicates a date between 1618 to around the 18th century (Biggs 1992, p. 8).
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2017
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Record ID: SOM-A3439B
Object type: APOTHECARY WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy apothecary's weight of post-medieval date. The weight is flat and square with chamfered edges. It measures 15.9mm in length/width, 4.6mm in thickness and weighs 7.11g. Both faces are stamped with a traditional symbol (2 drachms) and a rose. The presence of the rose indicates a date between 1618 to around the 18th century (Biggs 1992, p. 8).
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2017
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Record ID: SOM-A2C8CF
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper alloy cutlery (knife or fork) handle of post-medieval (c. 17th century) date. The handle, which has a broadly oval profile, has been cast in the form of a crowned lion, which is standing on his hind legs and holding a shield. The blade does not survive but there are traces of iron corrosion. Numerous similar cutlery handles have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database including LEIC-80B261, LEIC-FBED53, SF-676BA5, LIN-896356, SUR-923AE4, DENO-DCD9C3, WILT-9203F7, DENO-63EDB7, SUR-923AE4 and KENT-9049F5. LEIC-FBED53 is particularly similar to this exampl…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2017
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Record ID: SOM-637294
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy sword belt fitting of post-medieval date. The surviving portion comprises the lower part of an openwork mount, which has a backwards curving hook at the lower end. This contains a ring. The lower hole appears to contain a small lump of iron corrosion and this was therefore presumably a rivet hole. When complete, the fitting was probably similar to no. 357 in Brian Read's 'Metal Artefacts of Antiquity' (2002, p. 42).
Created on: Saturday 4th February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2017
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Record ID: SOM-4F0E4D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy sword belt fitting of post-medieval date. The fitting is elongated with a convex front and hollow back. It comprises a central oval element flanked by collars, with a knop at one end and a backwards curving hook at the other. The ovoid section and the knop both have central perforations which still contain the remains of corroded iron rivets.
Created on: Friday 3rd February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2017
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Record ID: SOM-4BBB35
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but very worn copper alloy coin weight of post-medieval date. The coin weight is square and flat, measuring 19mm by 18.4mm by 4.7mm. It weighs 10g. Faintly visible on the reverse is a value mark: XXX. Nothing else can be discerned on the reverse or obverse, but this is likely to be a coin weight for a rose ryal, in which case it would date from the period 1619 - c.1700. See Withers and Withers, 1995, 'Lions, Ships and Angels', p. 40).
Created on: Friday 3rd February 2017
Last updated: Friday 3rd February 2017
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Record ID: SOM-4B04FA
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy dress fastener of post-medieval date. The fastener consists of a flat, oval plate with tear drop-shaped knops at one end and in the centre of each side. Each knop is perforated for attachment. At the other end of the plate there is a blunt flat hook, which has been formed by bending back a narrower, tapering section of the plate. The object has a white metal coating and is undecorated apart from two transverse incised lines just above the hook. There are two parallels in Read's 'Hooked Clasps and Eyes' (2008, nos. 636 and 637). Read categorises the type as Early po…
Created on: Friday 3rd February 2017
Last updated: Friday 3rd February 2017
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Record ID: SOM-E4CE14
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead Russian bale seal dating from the later eighteenth or early nineteenth century. The damaged oval seal measures 30.3mm by 26.8mm by 5.6mm and weighs 22.7g. Seals like these were used to monitor the quality of flax and hemp originating in Russia in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Created on: Thursday 28th May 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Coker', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E4C9A5
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead Russian bale seal dating from 1775. The damaged oval seal measures 25.7mm by 24.8mm by 5.3mm and weighs 18.8g. Seals like these were used to monitor the quality of flax and hemp originating in Russia in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Created on: Thursday 28th May 2009
Last updated: Monday 1st July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Coker', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E4C105
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead Russian bale seal dating from the later eighteenth century. The damaged oval seal measures 26.4mm by 25mm by 5.5mm and weighs 14.9g. Seals like these were used to monitor the quality of flax and hemp originating in Russia in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Created on: Thursday 28th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Coker', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E4BA56
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead Russian bale seal dating from the eighteenth or nineteeth century. The damaged oval seal measures 20mm by 19.5mm by 5.6mm and weighs 12.5g. Seals like these were used to monitor the quality of flax and hemp originating in Russia in the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Created on: Thursday 28th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Coker', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2772B4
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy spur of probable seventeenth century date. The surviving part has a maximum length of 76.2mm, a maximum width of 49.5mm and a width of 16mm. It weighs 31.3g. The downwards curving rowel box has two holes in the terminal which would have held the axis bar for the missing rowel. The arms of the spur have D-shaped cross-sections, with a flat internal surface and a curving external surface. The widest point is at the neck and the decorative curvilinear sides narrow towards the missing terminals. The external surfaces are covered in large and small stamped an…
Created on: Thursday 18th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.