Record ID: DUR-A82CF6
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
Lead Medieval papal bulla, of Calixtus II (1119-24). Obverse; CAL/XTVS/[PP II] Reverse; [S]PA/ SP[E]; Worn heads of SS Peter and Paul facing each other Tim Pestell kindly added this information on the bulla 'Calixtus II, elected 2nd February 1119, consecrated 9th Feb and who died on 14th December 1124 (the lettering on Calixtus III's bulla is slightly different). As such this is an important bulla because it is one of the earliest found in Britain. There are three British papal bullae that have been found that pre-date the Norman Conquest, but post-Conquest examples see…
Created on: Thursday 3rd February 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-021A61
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
A silver finger ring with a D-shaped cross section which has been broken and now forms a slightly bent line rather than a circle. The outer face of the ring has decoration which was cast in the form of a repeating floral (?) motif.
Created on: Friday 14th January 2011
Last updated: Friday 25th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sedgefield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-6A4CE7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
A circular, cast copper alloy mount, with enamelling on the front face. The general style, decorative content and use of enamel suggests that it was made at the Limoges school in France, probably in the 12th or 13th century AD. As with many of the Limoges pieces, it seems likely that it would have decorated a reliquary (religious casket) or a Christian book. The mount is circular and the front is convex. The design in champlevé enamel is a trefoil, with a circle in the centre containing a quatrefoil. The quatrefoil has red enamel at the centre, then a band of dark blue, one of gr…
Created on: Friday 19th November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-D761C4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
Silver denarius of Julia Soaemias, AD 218-22 (Reece Period 10). Obv; [ ]AEMIAS AVG; Female draped bust right rev; (VENUS) [CAELESTIS]; Venus standing left holding apple and sceptre. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, pt.2, p.48, cf. no. 241. Finders reference; 33
Created on: Friday 12th November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hawthorne Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-D66EF4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy radiate, a contemporary copy of a coin of Carausius, c.AD 286-96 (Reece Period 14). Reverse unclear. Finders reference: 15. This coin has been considered for Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Friday 12th November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hawthorne Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-D5BE31
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummus of Maximian (286-310), minted in London in AD 305-7. Obv. D N MAXIMIANO BAEATISSIMO SEN AVG; Laureate bust right, wearing imperial mantle holding mappa and olive branch Rev. PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG; Providentia standing right holding hand to Quies standing left, holding sceptre. RIC VI, p.128, no.76b Finders reference; 4
Created on: Friday 12th November 2010
Last updated: Friday 21st August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hawthorne Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-E052F2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
Silver denarius of Trajan (AD 98-117), DAC CAP, COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC; Dacian seated left on arms, Rome AD 103-11. RIC II, p. 251, no. 98. Reece 5
Created on: Monday 13th September 2010
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-78F172
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
Silver denarius of Plautilla (202-5) (Reece Periiod 10) minted in Rome, 202. Reverse: PROPAGO IMPERI; Caracalla and Plautilla standing facing each other, clasping hands. RIC IV, pt 1, p. 269, no, 362
Created on: Tuesday 15th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 19th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-5E8314
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy fragment of a Roman figurine of Jupiter holding a lightning bolt in his right hand. Only the arm and lightning bolt remains. The arm is broken just before the shoulder and the break is worn so suggesting it occurred in antiquity. The hand is clasped round the lightning bolt which is formed by a twisted cylinder with pointed ends, it is 40.2mm in length. The arm shows the muscles in both the upper and lower arm. The patina is uneven with a mainly green surface but with some brown patches and slight pittting from corrosion.
Created on: Monday 14th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Denton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-D04AB8
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy 'acorn' type strap end from the Roman period, dating to the 1st-2nd centuries AD. It is complete with a circular attachment loop at the top of a short rectangular handle. There is a single moulded collar between the handle and the main body. The main body is in the shape of an acorn, hence its name, with a thicker top section representing the cup and a pointed nipple at the base.
Created on: Monday 7th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-C12CC2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
Flat circular lead weight. It has two central circular perforations and is slightly bent out of shape. Despite looking like a button, these weights were and are used to weigh down the hems of curtains, and perhaps also skirts. They seem to come into use perhaps in the eighteenth century, and are still available to buy today.
Created on: Monday 19th April 2010
Last updated: Thursday 1st October 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-C11D85
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
Lead Post Medieval fabric weight. Circular with two circular perforations in the centre. These weights were (and are) used to weigh down the hems of curtains, and perhaps also skirts. They seem to have come into use perhaps in the eighteenth century, and are still available to buy today.
Created on: Monday 19th April 2010
Last updated: Thursday 1st October 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-C0CD50
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
Lead Post Medieval fabric weight. Sub-circular with two circular perforations in the centre. These weights were (and are) used to weigh down the hems of curtains, and perhaps also skirts. They seem to have come into use perhaps in the eighteenth century, and are still available to buy today.
Created on: Monday 19th April 2010
Last updated: Thursday 1st October 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-6392E3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
Silver denarius of Faustina I, commemorative issue, minted in Rome, c.141-50. Reverse- CONSECRATIO; Peacock walking right This coin has been deliberately clipped and was found in the same field as treasure case 2007-T391, another clipped denarius and a silver trumpet brooch which has had the foot cut off. These are recorded on the database as NCL-D488D8 and NCL-D28051. Sear no. c.f.1255
Created on: Monday 14th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 28th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seaton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-06DC17
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummus of Magnentius (350-3), GLORIA ROMANORVM, Emperor galloping right, spearing a barbarian, possibly Mint of Trier, AD 350-1. RIC VIII, c.f. 269-71 Reverse- . The nummus is incomplete- it is missing just over a quarter of the flan.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-FF3BE7
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy oval shaped Roman strap-mounted terret ring dating from the 1st-3rd centuries AD. It has a diameter of 30.79 mm x 24.42mm. The ring is plain. The loop below the ring would have been rectangular but it has broken just at the junction with the ring. The patina of the terret is a dark brown but there are some patches of green where the sruface is uneven and corrosion occurrs.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.