Record ID: LON-3565A7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval cast copper alloy figurative mount (1350-1500 AD). The anthropomorphic mount is in the shape of a human head wearing a coronet. The head has a D-shaped section with a flat back. The figure wears a coronet with two prongs either side of a taller, trefoil projection. Beneath the coronet is a recessed band with a central pellet; possibly representing the ermine band or similar. The stylised face of the figure features symmetrical triangular eyes with central pupils, either side of a crude square nose. Beneath the nose the figure has a recessed, anxious mouth and a smal…
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LON-343CC8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast copper alloy Colchester-derivative (Dolphin-type) hinged brooch (1st century AD). The wings of the brooch have broken off, leaving a truncated head with a central notch to accommodate the hinged pin. The pin is now missing, but the bar of the hinge is still visible at each outer side of the head. At the shoulders of the brooch, the bow has a prominent raised central ridge and the bow radiates across the shoulders. The bow has a single steep curve away from the head of the brooch and gradually narrows down the shaft. It has a D-shaped section with a flat back an…
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LON-342E31
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A roman silver coin: clipped siliqua of Magnus Maximus (383-388 AD). Uncertain mint: but probably style of Trier. c.f. RIC IX Trier 84b. Dimensions: diameter: 12.38mm; weight: 1.11g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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