Record ID: PUBLIC-3541C3
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast circular lead papal bulla with a design on either face, in reasonable condition with a fragment of the lower section missing. The lead is deep ivory in colour and the images and legends are well pronounced. It is the seal of Pope John XXII (1316-1334). The obverse shows busts of St Peter and St Paul, each within a lozenge of pellets. On the right, St Peter's beard and hair are shown to be short and curly through the use of pellets. On the left, St Paul's hair and beard are portrayed as being straight. There is a cross pattee supported on a staff between the busts. A…
Created on: Saturday 19th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 13th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Southfields', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-72DC72
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman siliqua of Julian II (AD 355-363), dating to the period c.AD 362 (Reece period 18). Obverse: FL CL IVILIA-NVS P P AVG, Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VOTIS/V/MVLTIS/X within a wreath. Mintmark: -//SLVG. Lyon Mint As Hoxne no. 146; RIC VIII, p.195, no.227. Condition is extremely fine, die axis is 6 o'clock, weight is 2.24g, diameter is 16.92mm
Created on: Saturday 10th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 18th December 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-79439A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold quarter stater of the Southern Region / Regini and Atrebates, struck by Commios, c.50-25 BC, 'Commios A-Type'. Obverse: Letter A with two pellets below at 7 o'clock. Reverse: Celticised Horse left with ladder mane and ladder tail, rings below, solar motif above. As ABC p. 67, no. 1031; VA 353-5.
Created on: Friday 5th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Popham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-CC2C03
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron age uninscribed gold stater of the Southern Region / Belgae, dating to the period c.55-45 BC, 'Cheesefoot Head type'. Obverse, wreath motif with hidden face. Reverse, tripletailed horse right, charioteer's arm above, small ring and pelletal sun in front, small ring and six-spoked wheel below. ABC 761, VA 212, BMC 476, Mack 58 Slightly oval and dished in shape. Measuring 17.89mm longest & 16.14mm shortest. Weighing 5.37 grams. Coins of this type were produced in the Hampshire area in around c.60-30 BC. During the late Iron Age this area is thought to have been inhabit…
Created on: Saturday 16th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 15th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Basingstoke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-2ECBBB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (late 13th to 14th century) buckle: The copper alloy buckle frame is single looped and D shape in plan with a lipped frame and a narrowed offset strap bar. There are four lobed knops dividing three transverse grooves. The reverse is undecorated and flat in profile and the pin is missing. The buckle surface has a well-developed dark green patina. The buckle measures 17.73mm in length, 24.85mm wide and weighs 1.92g. A similar example of this type can be seen in Whitehead (2003: page 21, no.78).
Created on: Wednesday 22nd March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-2E6561
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (late 13th to 15th century) buckle: The copper alloy buckle frame is a double looped oval in plan with bevelled edges. The loops and reverse are undecorated. The reverse is flat in profile and the strap bar is a rounded trapezoid in section. The pin is missing. The buckle surface has a well-developed mid-green patina. The buckle measures 24.01mm in length, 18.94mm wide and weighs 2.43g. Egan and Pritchard (2002) date a similar shaped buckle, No. 380, to the late 13th to 15th century. Due to the size of the frame Egan and Pritchard (2002) comment that they were probably …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cowden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C80E5B
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Medieval strap end dating from the second half of the 14th century (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 143). It is made of a sheet of copper alloy and a spacer held together by two rivets, one at the attachment end and one at the knop end prior to the knop. The other outer, third, sheet is missing The outer plate is sub rectangular in plan, with a wavy profile at the top and tapering slightly towards the closed end which is pointed and terminates in a small knop. There is no decoration visible and one side has some corrosion at the tapered end. It is a gunmetal grey-green in colo…
Created on: Monday 18th July 2016
Last updated: Friday 22nd July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sevenoaks district', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C6A118
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MODERN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and post-Medieval copper-alloy spherical animal "crotal" bell (1770-1813). The sub-rectangular suspension loop at the top is 9.91mm high, 14.70mm wide, 3.47mm thick and has an inverted 'D'-shaped perforation. The upper and lower hemispheres are divided by a prominent horizontal circumferential joining rib. About half way down the side of the upper hemisphere, at either side and opposite each other, there is a circular sound hole. Two sound holes in the lower hemisphere are integral with a sound "slit". The upper hemisphere is plain and the lower hemisphere has a 'sunburs…
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 19th May 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-C5E056
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy medieval double loop annular buckle dating to the period c. AD 1400-1500. The buckle is D shaped in cross section and is broadly circular with a central bar dividing it into two loops. It is dark green in colour with some light green deposits. It has one rectangular projection on the right hand loop at approximately 3 o'clock, the lower projection at 4 o'clock is missing and the pin is missing. There is some damage at 2 o'clock just above the projection. It measures 31.11 mm in external diameter, 20.09 mm in internal diameter, it is 3.52 mm thick and weig…
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2016
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PUBLIC-5FC18A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age early uninscribed gold stater of the Southern Region / Belgae, dating to the period c.80-50 BC, 'Chute' type (British B). Obverse: Wreath, cloak, and crescents. Reverse: Disjointed horse left, body of crescents, four vertical legs, uncertain crab(?) motif below, many pellets above. The reverse is slightly dished. As BMC 35-76 (cf. especially no. 37: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3286573&partId=1&searchText=stater+AND+37&page=1 ); ABC 746; VA 1205-1. Measuring 19.08mm in diameter, 6.42g in weight. Coins …
Created on: Saturday 6th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Hampshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-3CA043
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy circular one ounce trade weight dating from the reign of William III, 1694-1702. It weighs 24.75 grams or 0.87 of an ounce. It has an overall colour of Matt Green and on the front there is a raised circular outer rim of 3.73mm. Also there is a small central punchmark and four counterstamps. The stamps comprise: Crowned W for William III at 12 o'clock Sword for the City of London at 3 o'clock A for Averdepois at 4 o'clock Ewer for the London Founders' Company at 7 o'clock On the reverse there are contemporary file marks and a central shallow circular…
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2016
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sevenoaks', grid reference and parish protected.