Record ID: SF-00C504
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy post-medieval knife end cap of sixteenth to seventeenth century date. The knife end cap is formed of sheet, is rectangular in plan flaring towards its terminal and 'tear-drop' in section. It is joined by a seam at the point of the 'tear-drop'. This join and that attaching the end to the main body of the end cap may be soldered as they appear a different colour. There appears to be wood remaining within the end cap. There is extensive engraved decoration with two panels running longitudinally. In each panel there is a depiction of Mary and the baby Jesus. Mary is standin…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Last updated: Monday 28th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Wilbraham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-0028D2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy medieval strap-end dating to the fourteenth to fifteenth century. The hollow attachment terminal is intact with a single rivet still present. It is rectangular in section with its front face decorated with two pairs of incised parallel lines with zig-zags between. Opposite to the attachment point there is a collar on the front face. Beyond this, there is a break where it is likely that a decorative terminal originally existed. See London Museum, Medieval catalogue,p. 270, no. 1. The length is 22.25mm, the width is 16.35mm, the thickness is 5.67mm and the w…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Last updated: Monday 28th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Wilbraham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-000661
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy medieval jetton struck during the reign of Charles VII in the early fifteenth century. On the obverse are the letters 'IHS' in the field with a crossed H. The legend reads MISIT DNS MANVM SVAM. The reverse is a Cross pattee with fleurs in each quarter. The legend reads XPC FILI DEI VIVI MISER. See Mitchiner 1988, no. 778. It has been pierced twice with two small holes, close to the edge, at 1 and 5 o'clock on the obverse. The diameter is 26.62mm, the thickness is 0.96mm and the weight is 2.10g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
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Record ID: SF-FF8BA7
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy medieval jetton struck during the reign of Charles VII in the period 1422 - 1461. On the obverse is the shield of France with three fleurs within. There are elements above and flanking the shield but the corrosion makes these indecipherable. The legend reads '+AVE MARIA GRACIA PLN. On the reverse is a triple-stranded straight cross fleuretty in a 4-arched tressure. The reverse legend reads A V E M. It is similar to those illustrated in Mitchiner 1988, p. 193. The diameter is 25.67mm, the thickness is 1.25mm and the weight is 2.62g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
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Record ID: SF-FF4426
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy roman sestertius of Antoninus Pius struck in the period AD 138-61 (Reece period 7). The coin is very corroded making identification difficult. On the obverse is a laureate bust right. The reverse is a standing figure. Struck at the mint of Rome. The coin is struck on quite a square flan. The diameter is 32.88mm, the thickness is 4.46mm and the weight is 21.26g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
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Record ID: SF-FF09F5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy roman as or dupondius struck in the period AD 69 - 96 (Reece period 4). The coin is very corroded making identification difficult. On the obverse is a bust right. The reverse is a standing figure flanked by S and C. The diameter is 27.99mm, the thickness is 3.28mm and the weight is 9.58g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
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Record ID: SF-FE3794
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy roman sestertius of Marcus Aurelius, dating to the period AD 168-171 (Reece period 8). SALVTI AVG COS reverse type struck at the mint of Rome. Cf RIC III, nos. 964-6, 979-81 or 1009. The diameter is 30.65mm, the thickness is 3.91mm and the weight is 19.19g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Wilbraham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D4F1E4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy roman radiate, struck during the reign of Carausius, dating to the period AD 287-93 (Reece period 15). AETERNITAS AVG, Sol standing, reverse type struck at an uncertain mint. The diameter is 23.71, the thickness is 1.11mm and the weight is 2.35g. This coin is the first of its type recorded in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Monday 21st January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 10th November 2015
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Record ID: SF-D3BAD4
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Medieval harness pendant of fourteenth-century date. The pendant is formed of two pieces; the pendant and its suspension mount. The pendant is 'shield-shaped' and has a perpendicular integral loop with a circular hole. The pendant appears to be undecorated but has been centrally pierced with a small, round hole. The pendant is attached to a suspension mount. The mount has two parallel rectangular projection which are folded back to form two loops. These accommodate a horizontal bar from which the pendant hangs. The mount itself is in the shape of a Fleur with two attach…
Created on: Monday 21st January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Wilbraham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D37922
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Post-Medieval trade weight datable to the period 1702-14. The weight is circular with a central circle and two concentric rings. The weight has four marks. The first is a crowned A, the second a Sword, the third an Averdepois and the last a Ewer. This indicates that it was made during the reign of Queen Anne in the City of London. It is similar to those illustrated in Biggs (1992), p. 51. The diameter is 41.18mm, the thickness is 6.48mm and it weighs 53.85g.
Created on: Monday 21st January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2019
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Record ID: SF-D2D446
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman conical disc brooch of second to third century date. The brooch has an extensive, hollow central conical projection with three steps and a small central projection. On each step the lip curves outwards. There is a collar to the central projection with transverse grooves. On the reverse there is a complete double pin lug and it contains the remnants of a copper-alloy pin. The catch-plate is broken. Similar to Hattatt (2000), nos. 1068, 1069 and 1578, suggesting that this is a 'Tutulus' type and is thus likely to be continental. There is a similar find from Suffolk …
Created on: Monday 21st January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2014
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Record ID: SF-D249E7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch of the sixth century. The fragment is formed of the flat panel with the top of the horse-head terminal. Much of this terminal is missing but there are two protruding eyes and a central ridge. The terminal and head of the brooch have been broken in antiquity but there is much of the catch-plate remaining on the reverse. It is somewhat distorted and discoloured but it is unclear whether this is due to burning. The length is 39.66mm, the width is 12.56mm, the height (including the catch-plate) is 6.72mm, the thickness is 4.50mm and it weighs 9.51g.
Created on: Monday 21st January 2013
Last updated: Monday 28th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Wilbraham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D21631
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon Strap-end of late-ninth to tenth-century date.The strap-end is tongue-shaped with a split attachment end, which was secured with two copper-alloy rivets, both of which are still present. The strap-end narrows along its length to a rounded point. It is decorated on its front face with two distinct designs. The first, decorating the attachment end, is formed of two transverse rows each containing three ring and dot motifs within a single line. The main panel is decorated in the Borre style. It is symmetrical with a an hourglass symbol in the centre and a …
Created on: Monday 21st January 2013
Last updated: Sunday 12th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Wilbraham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-587E68
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy decorated spoon of the Roman period. The spoon handle is circular in section and narrows to a relatively sharp point. The 'rat-tail' of the handle extends to the centre of the back of the spoon bowl. The bowl itself is circular and has decoration on its reverse. The decoration is formed of a series of small punches which create a curving petal design. This is formed of two rows of four curving petals with a straight line between. It is likely to date to the second or third century AD. The decoration is very similar to that illustrated by Sherlock in his 2000 ar…
Created on: Tuesday 15th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 28th January 2013
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Record ID: SF-581FD5
Object type: AXE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small body fragment of a cast, copper-alloy Sompting socketed axe of early Iron Age date. Only a small sub-rectangular section of the main body of the axe survives with the breaks indicating its fragmentation in antiquity. The reverse is plain but the obverse displays remains of two parallel ribs terminating one pellet-in-circlet each. There are parallels in Pendleton (1999), no. 125 and 130. The axe is likely to date from the eighth century BC. The length is 20.14mm, the width is 16.79mm, the thickness is 2.67mm and it weighs 4.00g. Dot Boughton notes: 'Complete Early Iron Age s…
Created on: Tuesday 15th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 3rd June 2013
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Record ID: SF-57EB87
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy bow brooch of Iron Age date. The brooch is La Tene I style and can be dated to between 475 and 275 BC. The bow and a section of the coiled spring are intact but the foot is broken. An element of the coiled spring survives, of roughly circular shape. The bow broadens out somewhat and is of broadly oval section. It is decorated with a curvilinear, scrolling pattern with three conjoined spirals. This decoration has been inlaid with iron, much of which survives, and this marks it out as very unusual. The foor is absent but there is an iron rivet above the break…
Created on: Tuesday 15th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 26th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Wilbraham', grid reference and parish protected.