Record ID: LON-6175C3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy sword belt fitting compromising of two roughly linear attachment arms connected at one end. The two arms are identically shaped and decorated with an attachment hook on the curve that connects them. From the attachment curve each arm has two horizontal border which project out of each side by approximately 2mm. Between the two borders the edges are convex and there is an in-situ rivet in the centre of each section (one of which has a rough disc of hammered metal on the reverse; maximum length of rivet is 5.9mm). Beyond the second border the next section on…
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2016
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Record ID: LON-4DF026
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy dinero coin of Phillip III of Spain dating to 1610 AD. Minted in Valencia. It has suffered from circumferential losses and measures 14.4mm (diameter) x 1.2mm (thickness) and weighs 1.00g.
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2011
Last updated: Monday 19th November 2012
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Record ID: LON-4C4D23
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval lead alloy bi-faced token. Both faces contain two initials; one face A.H and the other T.C both within a raised border. The die axis is 6 o'clock. The token is slightly warped so that it is now curved in profile and the edge has been flattened above the C/ below the H. It is mid grey and measures 18.8mm (diameter) x 2.1mm (thickness) and weighs 3.01g. The lettering suggests that this token dates from the 16th to 18th century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd April 2012
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Record ID: LON-4C29C2
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval lead alloy uni-faced object token. One face is undecorated but the other is decorated with a six petalled flower. The token is slightly warped so that it is now curved in profile. It is dark grey and measures 21.0mm (diameter) x 2.0mm (thickness) and weighs 4.62g. It is likely that this is a token which dates from the 16th to 18th century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd April 2012
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Record ID: LON-4C17C7
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval hexagonal lead alloy uni-faced object, probably a token but possibly a weight. One face is undecorated but the other has three lines that run from opposite corners of the token and cross in the centre, with a pellet in each triangular wedge created. The token is slightly warped so that it is now curved in profile. It is dark grey apart from one patch of light grey corrosion product and measures 25.4mm (length) x 23.0mm (width) x 4.7mm (thickness) and weighs 13.78g. It is likely that this is a token from the 16th to 18th century, but its thickness and weight suggested…
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd April 2012
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Record ID: LON-4B8627
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval cast lead alloy toy porringer. The porringer is round with one pierced ear handle. The bowl of the porringer is decorated on the internal surface with a four petalled flower within a foliate border. The rim of the porringer is decorated with diagonal lines, with approximately one in six thicker than the others spaced at regular intervals. The ear of the porringer is in the shape of two fish which meet along their sides. The fish are similar but not symmetrical; one has a tail which flicks out away from the handle; the other has a tail that curls in towards its eye. The…
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 14th January 2014
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Record ID: LON-36BC53
Object type: LOCK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval to post medieval copper alloy with iron lock. The lock is a cube with recessed sides with various protruding sections. At one end of the cube is iron corrosion, suggesting there is an internal iron plate. At the opposite end is a broken protrusion (7.7mm long x 3.4mm wide), which was rectangular in section. On the opposite side of the cube is a semi-circular protruding section (18.9mm wide x 11.7mm deep x 11.0mm thick) which runs from just inside the iron corrosion end of the cube to just past the centre. It is hollow, with an 'L' shaped on one side (8.1mm long x 8.1mm wide…
Created on: Monday 28th November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 16th January 2013
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Record ID: LON-361F32
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval silver half penny of Edward I dating to 1280 to 1281 AD. Minted in Newcastle upon Tyne (North 1045/2). Approximately a quarter of the coin is missing, and it has been folded over toward the obverse between 6 and 11 o'clock (on the obverse). It now measures 15.1mm (length and original diameter) x 11.2mm (width) x 0.7mm (thickness) and weighs 0.59g.
Created on: Monday 28th November 2011
Last updated: Monday 23rd February 2015
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Record ID: LON-35BD23
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver Irish penny of Edward IV, Heavy Cross and Pellets series dating to 1465 AD. Minted in Drogheda. It has been clipped, and it measures 15.2mm (diameter) x 0.7mm (thickness) and weighs 0.61g.
Created on: Monday 28th November 2011
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2011
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Record ID: LON-FA6024
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very well preserved post medieval Nuremburg jetton, struck by Hans Krauwinkel II, dating to c. 1588 to 1589 AD. It is one of the Franco-allegorical jettons; on the obverse are Procris and Cephalus and on the reverse is Minerva (Mitchiner 1988 p 452, 1607a). It measures 28.3mm (diameter) x 1.1mm (thickness) and weighs 3.97g.
Created on: Friday 25th November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2012
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Record ID: LON-FA2232
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy trade token farthing from the Man in the Moon, Wapping dating AD1648-1674.Parallel found in Williamson (Williamson 999, p. 596; Thompson and Dickenson 6895). O-bverse: * FRANC . TYLER . OYL . MAN = Woolpack Reverse: *IN . FENCHURCH . STREET = FET Demensions: diameter: 15.3mm; thickness: 0.7mm; weight: 0.68g. Reference: Williamson, G. C. 1889. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century. Elliot Stock: London.
Created on: Friday 25th November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Record ID: LON-E7C627
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy trade token farthing of Edward Jefferies from Ratcliff dating AD1648-1674. Parallel found (Thompson and Dickenson 8348). Obverse: * AT . Y . IN . RATLIFE = Three dogs Reverse: *EDWARD IEAFFERIS = E * I *I* This token has suffered from circumferential losses. Demensions: Diameter: 15.5mm, Thickness: 0.9mm, and weight 0.92g.
Created on: Thursday 24th November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 7th May 2019
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Record ID: LON-D08AA1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver Secondary Phase sceat, series K (type 33), c. AD720-740. It measures 12.3mm (diameter) x 1.6mm (thickness) and weighs 0.96g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2011
Last updated: Friday 6th July 2012
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Record ID: LON-CF63E7
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Uni-faced cast lead token of late post-medieval or modern date (1700-1850). The token is broadly circular in plan with rough edges. The upper face is decorated with a cast design of a male bust turned to the right. The bust is bare headed and without clear clothing. Although originally well cast with the design being shown in high relief the token is now distorted by corrosion and abrasion. The reverse is also plain and flat. The token measures 28.9mm (diameter) x 4.6mm (thickness) and weighs 21.16g. A similar but lighter token is recorded on the database as HESH-BBDE11. That toke…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2011
Last updated: Friday 26th June 2020
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Record ID: LON-BC8416
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy trade token farthing from the Man in the Moon, Wapping dated AD 1652. Parallels found (Williamson 3301, p. 785; Thompson and Dickenson 8532ff.). Obverse: * AT . THE. MAN . IN . THE = Man standing on crescent moon Reverse: *MOVN . IN . WAPING . 1652 = W . E. GAVNT * This token has suffered from circumferenial losses. Demensions: Diameter: 15.9mm, Thickness: 0.6mm, and weight 0.55g. Reference: Williamson, G. C. 1889. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century. Elliot Stock: London.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Record ID: LON-BC17A7
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy trade token farthing from the 2 Dray men in St. Katherines Lane dating AD1648-1674. Parallels found (Williamson 2608, p. 727; Thompson and Dickenson 8417ff.). Obverse: * AT . THE . 2 . DRAY . MEN = two men carrying a barrel Reverse: *IN . S . KATHERINS . LANE = T * A . D . This token has suffered from circumferential losses. Demensions: Diameter: 15.3mm, Thickness: 0.7mm, and weight 0.49g. Reference: Williamson, G. C. 1889. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century. Elliot Stock: London.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Record ID: LON-B8F3D2
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval cast pewter 'cross and pellets' token dating to circa 1425 to 1672 (Mitchiner and Skinner 1984, 94ff.). On the reverse is either a waisted reversed S or a serpent. On the edge of the token there is a casting sprue, and the flan is dished. The token measures 12.2mm (diameter) x 1.7mm (thickness) and weighs 0.66g Obverse: Cross with a pellet in each corner inside a border of anti-clockwise 'rays' Reverse: Reversed 'S' (or serpent) surrounded by dashes inside a border of anti-clockwise 'rays'
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2011
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2017
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Record ID: LON-B7F4E2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval silver double loop openwork buckle with a folded sheet strapend with a decorative stud. Only one half of the frame survives, which is decorated with five scallop shells on its outer edge. Between the narrow part of the shells and the semi-circular frame are four openwork sections. The buckle has an integral pin bar which is narrowed and recessed. At either end of the pin bar the frame has decorative triangular protrusions with concave centre. The other side of these protrusions are two breaks, indicating that the other loop of the buckle has broken off; it …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2011
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2013
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Record ID: LON-A6EE36
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and corroded incomplete post medieval copper alloy toy musket. The gun has broken across the barrel and the trigger guard is also missing. The butt end of the musket is fish-tail shaped. There is an open pan on the right side of the barrel above the stump of the trigger guard, and next to it is a square moulded protrusion. The musket is now covered in rough purple corrosion and measures 47.2mm (length) x 12.5mm (width) x 7.3mm (thickness) and weighs 8.51g. Under Forsyth and Egan's typology, this is a Type 5 musket toy dating from 1600 to 1640 AD (2005, 94ff.)
Created on: Monday 21st November 2011
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2011
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Record ID: LON-A6CE93
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval gilded copper alloy single loop D shaped buckle. The outer edge of the frame is angled and widened (from 3.6mm to 10.3mm wide) and decorated with three non-integral knops. Two of these knops are in situ; the central one is missing but the hole remains. The frame curves back to the pin bar which has squared off corners and then is narrowed and recessed. A pin (14.2mm long by 3.0mm wide by 1.6mm thick) made from a different copper alloy remains in situ on the pin bar. The frame is a dark red with large patches of green patina. Around the two knops and the pin bar ends are pat…
Created on: Monday 21st November 2011
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2011
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