Record ID: NCL-DFD372
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy Roman button and loop fastener of Wild's Class IX. The fastener has an open disc-head, with the diameter of the loop at 21.34mm, and the diameter of the loop perforation at 11.11mm. The back of the disc is attached to an L-shaped body, with the leg of the body raising the disc off the body. The body is rectangular in section. At the opposite end of the fastener from the disc, there is a crossbar on the body with a rectangular frame emerging perpendicularly from the underside that has a rectangular perforation, presumably for attachment.
Created on: Monday 28th January 2008
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
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Record ID: NCL-0D0EC1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy annular brooch of the Anglo-Saxon period. The brooch is flat and rectangular in section, with the width of the ring measuring 9.53mm. There is a rectangular perforation to take a pin, now lost. However, the perforation retains iron corrosion and measures 4.9mm x 2.3mm. The brooch is decorated on its display face. Every 90 degrees, a band runs transversely across the brooch, defined by two incised lines to either side, so that there is a broad central band and two narrower flanking bands. The pin hole is placed in the centre of one of these broad central ba…
Created on: Friday 20th July 2007
Last updated: Sunday 29th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'QA Anglian site', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-882DE8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy incomplete annular brooch of Anglo-Saxon tradition, dating to the 6th century. The brooch is incomplete, with approximately 50% of the brooch remaining in two adjoining fragments. The band is a flat ring of rectangular section and 10.07mm in breadth and 2.66mm in thickness.The upper face of the band is decorated with an inner and outer circle of punched rings/annulets. One section of these are interupted by eight incised lines across the width of the band, creating a small banded panel. The hinge of the iron pin remains, corroded in place. This appears to be a …
Created on: Friday 1st June 2012
Last updated: Sunday 29th March 2020
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Record ID: NCL-74FDB0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy cruciform brooch of the Anglo-Saxon period, dating to the mid 6th century. The brooch is nearly complete, missing only the pin, though the top and base are corroed in situ in the pin fitting and catchplate, respectively. Some textile may also be preserved by the iron corrosion of the pin between the pin and the underside of the head plate. The brooch can be separated into three primary elements which will be described in turn: the headplate, the bow, and the foot. For purposes of description, the brooch is oriented with the headplate at the top. The headpla…
Created on: Wednesday 25th July 2007
Last updated: Monday 23rd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'QA Anglian site', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-3F8BF7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap end of Thomas's class A, dating from the late eighth century to c. 1000. Two rivets at the open end of the object can be seen to pass through to the back plate where they finish, flush with the reverse surface. Decoration on the front consists of inscribed and possibly chip-carved lines. Starting at the rivets, on either side, two lines start and merge as they continue down the body of the strap end. Perpendicular to this line and stretching to the edge of the front surface are smaller lines. The central panel contains an inscribed/chip-carved, semi-circular line …
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 19th March 2020
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Record ID: NCL-DA8505
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver denarius of Julia Maesa (AD 218-222) (Reece Period 10), PVDICITIA, Pudicitia seated left. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, pt , p. 50, no. 268
Created on: Monday 27th July 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2020
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Record ID: NCL-680DB1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman denarius of Plautilla (AD 202-5) (Reece Period 10), PIETAS AVGG, Pietas standing right holding sceptre and child. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, pt 1, p. 270, no. 367.
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2008
Last updated: Friday 21st February 2020
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Record ID: NCL-46EE85
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy seal matrix of the Medieval period, c. 1200-1450. The matrix is a flat disc missing any perforation or suspension loop. The device is clearly visible, and consists of a field quartered by straight branches or palm leaves in an X-shape. The upper quarter bears a cart wheel, the right quarter a fleur-de-lis; the lower quarter an anchor, and the left quarter a cresent (moon). The inscription is set between grooved borders, and reads: *S' RICARDI GVBRATOR. The elements on the device are suggestive of a seal of office rather than a personal or familial seal, and GV…
Created on: Tuesday 12th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 19th February 2020
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Record ID: NCL-5DF544
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead seal matrix of the Medieval period, c. 1200-1400. The seal matrix is lozenge shaped, with a simple suspension lug on the reverse. The die has been formed with an elongated quatrefoil in a lozenge-shaped border in the centre, and a simple border near the outer edge. The inscription reads: + S'. MART'. MAR. (Seal of Martin Marr).
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2010
Last updated: Monday 17th February 2020
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Record ID: NCL-3F2BA3
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy seal matrix. The object is a pointed oval, also called vesica-shaped. The matrix, from point to point is 37 mm long, with a width of 24 mm. Decoration consists of an inscribed legend surrounding an eight-pointed star in the centre, formed of eight pointed-oval shapes. The inscription around is set between plain grooves and reads + S' ALICIE VAROGD DE VENN (Seal of Alice... the surnames are difficult both to read and to interpret). On the reverse of the matrix and at one of the points of the oval, is a solid tab of 9 mm which probably served as the handle of th…
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2006
Last updated: Monday 17th February 2020
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Record ID: NCL-647477
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast lead seal matrix of the Medieval period, 13th century. The seal is a pointed oval shape, with a projecting suspension loop emerging from the pointed end of the reverse of the matrix. The reverse also has an anchor shape in low relief. The design of the matrix is uncertain, due to damage to the surface, but appears to be two or three lines or wedges set vertically inside a lozenge. The inscription reads: S' ISABELL VITED (Seal of Isabella Vited). The surname may relate to the modern Whittard (there are medieval examples of this name reading Whitherd) which may derive f…
Created on: Monday 27th January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2020
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Record ID: NCL-A42FC4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy dupondius (or possibly as) of Claudius, uncertain type, dating AD 41-54 (Reece period 2). Robert Kenyon, following on from the work by the French scholars P-A. Besombes and M. Bompaire (in Trésors Monétaires XXI, 2005), is working through the British examples of Claudian coinage recorded through the PAS assigning many so-called Claudian contemporary copies to Roman auxiliary mints which operated at Lyons (Gaul) and in Spain. This example is a contemporary copy of those minted at the Lyon II, à la Petite Tête.
Created on: Tuesday 14th August 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2020
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Record ID: NCL-77A701
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A blade fragment of a cast copper-alloy sword of Middle-Late Bronze Age date, probably Late Bronze Age. The blade is a flattened pointed oval in section, and sub-rectangular in plan. One end is rounded while the other end displays evidence of breakage; it also flares out slightly at this end. The surface is slightly pitted and abraded in places. Length: 89.91 mm; Width: 23.85 mm; Thickness: 3.67 mm; Weight: 32.4 g The sword may belong to the Ewart Park phase (D. Boughton pers. comm. 01/2020)
Created on: Wednesday 10th September 2008
Last updated: Friday 10th January 2020
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Record ID: NCL-771EA1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn as of Claudius I (AD 41-54), dating to the period 41-50 (Reece period 2), reverse depicting Minerva advancing right with javeling and shield on the reverse.Robert Kenyon, following on from the work by the French scholars P-A. Besombes and M. Bompaire (in Trésors Monétaires XXI, 2005), is working through the British examples of Claudian coinage recorded through the PAS assigning many so-called Claudian contemporary copies to Roman auxiliary mints which operated at Lyons (Gaul) and in Spain. This example is a contemporary copy of those minted at the Lyon II, à la Petite Tête.…
Created on: Monday 5th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 4th December 2019
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Record ID: NCL-777E78
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A highly tinned copper-alloy harness pendant of the late first century AD. The pendant is composed of a flat, decorated, discoidal body and a rectangular shank set transversly to the body with a small perforation for suspension. The body can most easiliy be described as oval with a centrally placed plume/feather emerging from the bottom edge and V-shaped drapery to either side. Each drape has a crescentic drop shaped perforation in the centre, and a trefoil at the bottom of the drape. The central pluem/feather is decorated with incised lines, one going from the bottom of the plume to …
Created on: Friday 12th January 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 20th November 2019
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Record ID: NCL-86D1D6
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of 8 balls of lead-alloy shot of various sizes. 1. Spherical, with one flattened surface. D=26.30mm; W=84.6g. 2. Spherical, with one flattened surface. D=17.47mm; W=22.9g. 3. Sub-spherical. D=17.51mm; W=22.8g. 4. Spherical, with one flattened surface. D=14.97mm; W=12.1g. 5. Spherical. D=14.01mm; W=15.8g. 6. Spherical. D=14.14mm; W=14.7g. 7. Spherical, with one flattened face. D=12.83mm; W=10.1g. 8. Spherical, with one flattened face. D=11.15mm; W=6.8g.
Created on: Friday 16th October 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Alnwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-86FFF7
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy jetton of unknown date, probably early Post-Medieval. Corrosion has obscured all detail.
Created on: Friday 16th October 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Alnwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-874247
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfpenny of Edward III, star-marked, type 5. North 1102/6.
Created on: Friday 16th October 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Alnwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-876301
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a cast copper-alloy fitting of Roman to modern date. The fitting is sub-triangular in cross section, with one length bearing two broken connecting points. The breaks are abraded. The object was probably a fitting of some sort.
Created on: Friday 16th October 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Alnwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-8726B5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Henry III; Voided long-cross coinage, Class 3b, dating to 1248-1250. North no 987.
Created on: Wednesday 28th October 2009
Last updated: Saturday 16th November 2019
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