Record ID: LANCUM-CA1658
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast double looped or spectacle buckle with pointed outer edges and a narrowed central strap bar with marked indentations of the frame at either end. One loop is larger than the other. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650.The length is 33mm, the width is 28mm and the weight 7.14g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-B6686C
Object type: PLAQUE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy plaque probably post-medieval 1600 to 1900AD. The plaque is rectangular with 2 figures in relief that appear to be embracing. The length is 41mm, the width is 26mm and the weight 47.74g.
Created on: Monday 8th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-B6609A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval sceatta (or as it's properly termed, an 'early silver penny'). A Series N Type 41b var., cf. no. 476. Southern England, c. AD 710-25. O: two standing figures facing each other with a cross in between. R: curling creature, left, with head turned back. The diameter is 10mm and the weight 0.94g. Medieval European Coinage 8: Britain and Ireland c. 400-1066 (CUP, 2017) by Rory Naismith.
Created on: Monday 8th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-B65BC3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Radiate, Carausius, London mint, AD 287-93. RIC V pt. 2 Carausius No. 118. O: [IMP] C CARAVSIVS P F AVG. Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust, right. R: [PAX] AVG. Pax, holding branch and sceptre, standing left. M-m: S/P//MLXXI The diameter is 25mm and the weight 3.22g.
Created on: Monday 8th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-B65486
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Elizabethan two part lead cloth seal dating to c.1533-1603AD. The front is decrated with a crowned head with the initials ER at either side. The double-headed eagle is the symbol of the Hanseatic Clothworkers Guild, but its use on seals does not necessarily imply that this is a continental seal, according to Egan (1995) p.116. The Hanseatic organisation had outstations in Ipswich and London. The diameter is 15mm and the weight 2.19g. Alnage seals indicated the cloth had been checked for quality by a Crown official and that the subsidy (tax) had been paid. Reference…
Created on: Monday 8th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-B6498F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy brooch of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 400 - 600. Probably a small-long type brooch. The head is sub-rectangular with much of the original edge being lost to old, worn breaks. From the centre of the lower edge of the head a D-sectioned broken arched bow extends terminating in a worn break. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The length is 64mm, the width is 20mm, thickness 6mm and the weight 8.48g.
Created on: Monday 8th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-B643CB
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a cast, lead alloy toy handle possibly from a petronel gun, of post medieval date (AD 1700-1900). The handle is a dark grey in colour with some patches of corrosion. The object is curved and broken at potentially both ends. The handle does have some engraved decoration but is difficult to distinguish through wear and corrosion. Similar objects on the Portable Antiquities Scheme include: DUR-3BE03A. The length is 43mm, the width is 13mm and the weight 5.68g.
Created on: Monday 8th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-B63EC3
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy open-topped thimble or sewing ring dating from the late Medievl to early Post-medieval period 1400 to 1600AD. The thimble is circular in plan and rectangular in profile. The surface is corroded and the edge is possibly broken. The outer face has been hand punched with four rows of regularly-spaced circular pits or indentations. The length is 21mm, the width is 18mm and the weight 5.37g. Egan (2005) on page 132, fig.126, no.648 illustrates a similar sewing ring from Fastolf Place, Southwark which is dated from the late 15th to the early 16th century. Egan, G.,…
Created on: Monday 8th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-B63871
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete front plate of a post-medieval copper alloy book clasp, probably dating to c. 1500-1650. The fragment is rectangular in plan, with one end (the strap attachment end) which is flared and has four triangular indentations. At the attachment end there are four equally-sized holes, arranged transversely. The reverse of the plate is broken and undecorated. The plate is flat in cross-section and the metal has a dark green patina. The length is 44mm, the width is 23mm and the weight 5.47g. The form and decoration are typical of book clasps of the early post-medieval per…
Created on: Monday 8th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-B63323
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Post-Medieval double looped or 'spectacle' buckle dating c. AD1550-1650. The buckle consists of two ovoid loops with small lentoid knops at either end of the central strap bar. The loops are undecorated, but lightly bevelled with a flat back. One of the loops is almost entirely missing. The pin is missing. The strap bar is slightly in relief. The buckle is a mid green colour. The length is 19mm, the width is 19mm and the weight 1.83g. This common buckle type is reported extensively on the PAS database and a number of examples are illustrated (Whitehead …
Created on: Monday 8th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-B5FC43
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Dupondius, Hadrian, Rome, AD 119-21. RIC II Hadrian, cf. nos. 598A-C O: [IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIA]NVS AVG P M TR P COS III. Radiate bust, right. R: FELICITAS(?) AVGVSTI S C. Felicitas(?), holding caduceus and cornucopia, standing left. The diameter is 25mm and the weight 8.70g.
Created on: Monday 8th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-7BC558
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman radiate, possibly of Gallienus (c.AD 253-268), dating to the period c.AD 260-268 (Reece period 13). The obverse and reverse are illegible. The diameter is 17mm and the weight 2.20g.
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-7BBBC2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Radiate, Tetricus I, AD 271-74. Uncertain mint, uncertain reverse type. O: [...] Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust, right. R: [...]. The diameter is 18mm and the weight 1.91g.
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-7B8948
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy bar mount dating to the period ADc.1350- c.1400AD. The mount consists of a rounded body with two terminal lobes with surviving attachment rivets. The body is decorated with five ridges horizontal incised grooves. The body is convex and the reverse is concave. The length is 17mm, the width is 9mm and the weight 1.30g. Please see Read (2001) "Metal Artefacts of Antiquity. A Catalogue of Small Finds from Specific Areas of the United Kingdom". Page 23, figure 12, Nos. 149, 150 and 151 for similar. See also WILT-A35892 and WILT-88E107 on the PAS for other examples
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 18th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-7B67BD
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy probable weight possibly a spindle whorl, probably dating from the medieval to early post medieval period (c AD 1300-1600). It is bi-conical, with a circular perforation biconical on one side and flat on the other. The perforation has an internal diameter of 8mm. The object is very worn and has a greyish/white patina. The diameter is 31mm and the weight 52.96g
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-7B5EF8
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A uniface or blank lead sub-circular-sub-oval disc, probably used as a token or gaming counter. Date is uncertain but possibly late Medieval to early Post-medieval. The object is circular in form and semi-circular in cross section and appears to be undecorated and roughly cast. The diameter is 20mm and the weight 11.28g.
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-67FA44
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Tealby penny of Henry II possibly an early class, mint and moneyer unknown, date is 1158-80AD. The diameter is 19mm and the weight 1.34g.
Created on: Monday 10th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-67F368
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Scottish twenty pence of Charles I with F over crown on rev CAR D G MAG BR FR ET HI REX is the ob legend and IVS[TITIA THRONVM FIR]MAT is the rev dating to 1637-42AD. The diameter is 15mm and the weight 0.67g.
Created on: Monday 10th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-736366
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pointed tool made of copper alloy, possibly a sailor's Fid medieval to post-medieval 1300 to 1800AD. The tool is oval in cross section with a domed attachment at one end from which point the point of the tool narrows gradually to a rounded tip. A fid is a pointed tool that was used for opening up the strands of rope when splicing, they are usually made of wood or antler. It could also have been used as a pricker, a tool used in sailmaking, which are more often made of metal. It could be Medieval to Modern in date. The length is 32mm, the width is 17mm and the weight 5.78g.
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th July 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-735CC4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy mount of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 - 1700AD. The mount is lozenge-shaped with a smaller lozenge panel applied to the centre of the upper surface. The reverse is flat, undecorated with two attachment spikes visible. The metal has a dark green patina and is worn. The length is 21mm, the width is 26mm thickness and the weight 5.19g. Numerous lozenge-shaped mounts of various forms have been recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme. For examples see: LVPL-47B6F9, BERK-983956, YORYM-583C58 and DUR-201FF4.
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th December 2018
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