Record ID: DEV-B2FEE1
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead disc weight. The weight is circular in plan with two flat faces. The upper face bears the stamp of a rose, possibly a tudor rose; below the rose are two small heart-shaped stamps. The lower face is plain. The weight weighs 55.3g (1.95 ounces), so was likely a two ounce weight.
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 14th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-EDE604
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Silver coin of the Indian State of Hyderabad: Nasir ad-Daula of Hyderabad (AH 1244-73/AD 1829-57), first series, issued in the name of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Akbar II AH 1244-52/Ad 1829-36).
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pinhoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-A98913
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case: 2013 T288 North Tawton, Devon PAS Database number: DEV-A98913 This find consists of seven medieval silver coins, certainly or probably from the 14th century; five are English and two Scottish, and thus all will have been struck to the sterling silver standard of the time of over 90% fine metal. The find includes two pennies surviving from the very large penny coinage of the decades around 1300, with the other coins being the larger denominations of groat (4-pence) and half-groat introduced in 1351 in England and 1357 in Scotland. The latest coins present date t…
Created on: Wednesday 8th May 2013
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-D61075
Object type: SLING SHOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable sling stone of undeterminate date. Roger Taylor, geologist at Royal Albert Memorial Museum writes: 'Ball of fine-grained granite consisting of the black variety of tourmaline known as schorl and quartz. The size and high degree of rounding suggest that this is a man-made object- possibly a sling stone.'
Created on: Monday 11th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-7D0EF5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six copper alloy Roman coins. Five of the coins are very corroded, but they are probably asses or dupondii of 1st to 3rd centuries. 1)Weight 12.06g; 27.66mm x 26.61mm 2)Weight 14.94g 26.41mm x 27.98mm 3) Weight The sixth coin is a copper alloy sestertius, probably of Marcus Aurelius (161-80), mint of Rome, possibly AD 173-4 Obverse: [ ]; laureate head right Reverse: [?IMP VI or VII COS III], S C; ?Victory seated left, holding patera and palm Reference: RIC III, pp. 300-301, c.f. nos. 1105 & 1113 Wear: very worn: fair
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-4B7EF7
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric flint flake fragment. The flint is light grey mottled with a paler grey in colour.
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-4B9594
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric flint conical core with irregular flaking scars on all sides except one, where the cortex remains. In colour, the flint is light grey mottled with a paler grey.
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: DEV-F82A40
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy sestertius of Commodus as sole emperor (AD 180-192). Obverse :M.COMMODVS ANT.P.FELIX AVG BRIT Reverse: Illegible
Created on: Thursday 19th July 2007
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sticklepath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-A14B15
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Doctor Bruce Bradley, of Exeter University writes: 'The polished flint artefact is an extremely re-worked fragment of an early Bronze Age skeuomorphic axe (copying an Early Bronze Age copper axe).'
Created on: Friday 27th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-2FEED3
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A Late Bronze Age hoard of 12 copper alloy objects. The following information is taken from the Treasure report, written by Sally Worrell, Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Advisor for Prehistoric, Iron Age and Roman artefacts: The items are from a minimum of one socketed axe, two socketed gouges and nine fragments of raw metal copper ingot. The non-ingot fragments are all fragmentary and show signs of having been deliberately broken for inclusion as scrap metal. Ingots of raw material are a well-known feature of this particular period in southern England. The presence of axe and g…
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Talaton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DEV-58F5B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman coin. The coin is a Sestertius of Marcus Aurelius and dates to AD 161-180.
Created on: Friday 17th August 2007
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woodbury', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DEV-5973B8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman coin. The coin is an Contantinian Ae3 dating to AD 324-330.
Created on: Friday 17th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broad Clyst CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DEV-5A10E1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman coin. The coin is a Centenionalis of Flavius Magnus Magnentius (AD 350-353).
Created on: Friday 17th August 2007
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woodbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-8AB790
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Postmedieval foreign coin. A silver soldino minted in Venice between the years 1501- 1521 AD. The soldino depicts the doge Leonardo Loredan (1501-1521). Soldini were minted in Venice, and known as galyhalpens (galley-halfpence) because they were often brought into Britian by Venetian trading fleets. Soldini were used as illegal alternatives to official issue halfpennies and farthings. Obverse: Leonardo Loredan holding banner and kneeling left before St Mark, standing right; .S.MV. LEO LAV [exergue illegibile] Reverse: Standing forward facing figure of haloed Christ holding cross; LAVS…
Created on: Friday 19th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 4th July 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-C7D017
Object type: STRAP END
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible strap end of unknown date. Two plates of copper alloy with leather strap intact in between the two plates. The leather has survived due to it being found in a marshy area. The plates are in the shape of an arrow: a rectangular length with a triangular terminal. There are three intact iron rivets: two rivets at the triangular terminal and one rivet through the narrower section. The decoration on the narrow section is made up of a diagonal cross (both diagonals are made of three lines each), placed between three vertical lines on each side. This pattern is repeated again, follo…
Created on: Monday 22nd October 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-721151
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy halfpenny coin of George II. The coin is very worn on both sides. The obverse has been engraved with the letter 'E'; the reverse has been engraved with the letters 'IRF'.
Created on: Tuesday 30th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drewsteignton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-727924
Object type: ANIMAL REMAINS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of worked bone, probably of post medieval or modern date. The bone is a large fragment of cow humerus, which has been sawn in half.
Created on: Tuesday 30th October 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-745102
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five flint implements found whilst fieldwalking. 1)Probable awl, the flint is grey in colour. Weight: 3.34g; Length: 22.85mm Width:19.84mm; Thickness:5.44mm 2)Flake fragment, the flint is grey in colour. Weight:0.65g; Length: 22.81mm Width: 9.41mm; Thickness; 2.56mm 3)Flake fragment, the flint is grey in colour. Weight:1.52g Length: 21.50mm; Width: 16.85mm; Thickness; 2.71mm. 4)Probable knife fragment, retouching visible along one edge. The flint is grey with white flecks in colour. Weight 4.16g; Length: 27.40mm; Width: 22.80mm Thickness: 6.27mm 5)Probable knife, retouch…
Created on: Tuesday 30th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thorveton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-AB49A5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver 8 Reales coin dating to 1689. The 8 Real was often referred to as a 'piece of eight' and has long been popularly associated with Pirates in literature and films. This coin was minted at the famous Potosi silver mine in Bolivia, one of several New World mints set up by the Spanish. Because the Spanish Real was a very stable unit of currency, the coins were used all over the known world. The obverse shows symbols of Spain: a cross with a castle in the top left and bottom right, and a lion in the top right and bottom left. On the reverse are two pillars, symbolising …
Created on: Monday 26th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 4th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Exeter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-DB0F95
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval silver hammered coin. The coin is a two reale of Philip II of Spain 1560 - 1580. The coin has been clipped.
Created on: Tuesday 19th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2017
Spatial data recorded.