Record ID: NARC-E9368A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver Halfgroat of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603). Third coinage. Long cross fourchée over squared shield reverse. One initial mark. London mint. AD 1601-1602. Diameter: 15.59mm, Thickness: 0.52mm, Weight: 0.5g. The coin is missing a section between 12-5 O’clock. North Vol II, P 137, No 2016.
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-E929C1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver Penny of Edward III (AD 1327-1377). Pre-Treaty series D-G to Post-Treaty series. Long cross reverse with three pellets in each quadrant. York archiepiscopal mint. AD 1352-1377.  Diameter: 18.02mm, Thickness: 0.54mm, Weight: 0.9g The coin is missing a portion of its outer flan between 1-4 O’clock.
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-E8EF85
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver Penny of Edward I (AD 1272-1307). Class 10ab-cf. Long cross reverse with three pellets in each quadrant and quatrefoil with pellet in centre. York mint. AD 1301-1310. Diameter: 17.69mm, Thickness: 0.68mm, Weight: 1.0g The coin is double struck on the obverse and is missing minor portions of its outer flan.
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-E8DC6F
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Jetton probably of Hans Krauwinckel II, dating to the period AD 1586-1635. Rose orb type. Struck in Nuremburg.  Diameter: 20.90mm, Thickness: 0.39mm, Weight: 0.6g The jetton is missing minor portions of its outer flan.
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-E8CB49
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unclear copper alloy Token of probable Post-Medieval date (AD 1650-1800). Unclear type. The object has a central sub-circular perforation measuring in diameter 3.90mm. Both faces are heavily abraded, one side reads I D [???], the opposing face is entirely illegible but appears to depict a lis in the inner field. Diameter: 26.65mm, Thickness: 0.56mm, Weight: 1.9g
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-E8AD1C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver Sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603). Second coinage. Long cross fourchée reverse over squared shield with date above. Ermine initial mark. London mint. AD 1571. Diameter: 25.45mm, Thickness: 0.80mm, Weight: 2.9g North Vol II, P 134, No 1997
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-E6ECA6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of a ceramic Vessel of late Medieval to Post-Medieval date (AD 1500-1700). Glazed red earthen ware. The object is a partial rim sherd. The fabric is hard with sparse dark mica inclusions. The fabric is buff/orange in colour. The upper and lower surfaces retain orange slip and the inner surface retains a minor amount of thick brown glaze. Height: 29.70mm, Width: 65.44mm, Thickness: 18.09mm, Weight: 44.1g
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-E6CDBD
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint Axehead of Early Neolithic date (3500-2500 BC). The lithic is sub-rectangular in plan, long and narrow with a slightly wider blade end. The lithic is bi-convex in section creating an ovate cross. Both surfaces have covering scaled flaking with the exception of the blade end which has a long-polished section running approximately 1/3 of the length of the object.  The butt end has been blunted and is slightly rounded with a long smooth negative scar extending on one side approximately 1/4 of the length of the object. There is a shallow negative scar on the blad…
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-D32B93
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver Roman Republican denarius serratus of Q. Antoninus Balbus, dating to the period 83 - 82 BC (Reece Period 1). D/Q∙ANTO∙BALB/PR reverse type depicting Victory in quadriga, right, holding reins and palm-branch in left hand and wreath in right hand. Mint of Rome.  Diameter: 18.74mm, Weight: 3.5g RRC p. 389, no. 364/1c.
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-D31571
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy contemporary native copy of an As of Claudius I (AD 41-54). (Reece Period 2). Reverse type depicts Minerva advancing right, /S//C in left and right fields. Diameter: 23.72mm, Weight: 4.2g The coin is missing portions of its outer flan. Many copies of Claudian period asses were struck in Britain in the decades following the invasion of AD 43. This was because there was a serious shortage of small change for the up to 50,000 or so Roman soldiers in the Province to use. It is now reckoned that many of these coins were in fact semi-official, be…
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-D2F7E0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy sestertius of Commodus dating to AD 190. Reece period 9. LIBERAL AVG VII P M TR P XV IMP VIII COS VI S C reverse type depicting Liberalitas, draped, standing left, holding abacus in extended right hand and cornucopiae in left hand. Mint of Rome. Diameter: 29.86mm, Weight: 16.9g RIC Vol III, No 563.
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-D2E9A3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy pot leg, from a cauldron, posnet or skillet of Medieval to Post Medieval date (AD 1200-1600). The object consists of the leg and foot and is broadly rectangular in cross section and L-shaped in profile.  The upper edge is recurved with both sides on the outer edges of which are circular apertures. The upper surface is decorated with a double central moulded rib that runs the length of the recurved portion, the lower projecting foot is decorated with two raised transverse lines. Cast copper alloy vessels were widely used…
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-D2CEFB
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Pin of Early-Medieval date (AD 700-800). The object is composed of a sub-rectangular flat head plate with an integral circular sectioned shaft projecting from the lower edge of the head. The upper edge of the head plate is broken and abraded. There is a raised circumferential collar at the junction between the plate and shaft. The lower end of the shaft tapers to a sharp point. The head plate is decorated with a design in relief composed of am interlace motif with gilding retained within the recessed portions. The back of the head plate is undecorated,…
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-825567
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy buckle of Late Medieval to Post-Medieval date (AD 1500-1650). The object is a spectacle buckle is of a double loop oval form with bevelled edges and a narrowed strap bar. The wire pin is missing. The metal is a mid-green in colour with a slightly pitted patina. Length: 29.00mm, Width: 18.46mm, Thickness: 1.85mm, Weight: 2.2g Whitehead, P 54, No 310.
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-8248C7
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead or lead alloy Shot of Post-Medieval date (AD 1640-1750). The object is spherical with a shallow circumferential casting seam and spru. The shot has a slightly pitted surface. The metal is grey in colour with a pitted and corroded patina The weight of the ball suggests that it was meant to be fired from a Carbine. Diameter: 16.28mm, Weight: 21.1g. DF Harding, 2012, Lead Shot of the English Civil War: A Radical study Foresight Publications, London.
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-823D57
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead vessel repair or Pot Mend of Roman to Medieval date (AD 43-1500). The object is a cast plug to mend a hole in a vessel wall. The object is composed of an outer sub-ovate plate with a tapered inward circumferential portion and a smaller, sub-ovate plate which would have attached the plate to the body of the vessel. Length: 25.44mm, Width: 23.43mm, Thickness: 9.15mm, Weight: 21.8g The metal is a dark cream and grey in colour with a slightly pitted patina.
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-82323B
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Powder Measure of Post-Medieval date (AD 1600-1700). The object is composed of a now flattened and distorted, conical sheet cylindrical sheet. the base and loops are missing and at the opposing end the rim is thickened.  Height: 24.89mm, Width: 33.79mm, Thickness: 8.90mm, Weight: 17.3g The metal is cream in colour with a slightly pitted patina. According to Courtney (1988), powder flask nozzles and caps are among the most common remains encountered on Civil War sites. A musketeer was armed with twelve powder flasks, each attached to his bandolier by a cord. …
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-821CD9
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver Thimble of Modern date (AD 1800-1900). The object is composed of a pressed metal sheet, the upper dome is missing, and the lower band is composed of a short flattened separate fragment.  The main body of the object is flattened and distorted with evenly machine stamped square pits on the upper surface, forming a lattice pattern. The lower portion of the object has a pair of circumferential raised borders, composed of two sets of four incised lines.  The inner surface is undecorated. Height (composite): 18.29mm, Width: 26.38mm, Thickness: 0.36mm, Wei…
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-803EA1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment copper alloy Acorn Mount of Post-Medieval date (AD 1600-1700). The object is styled in an acorn pattern. The object is composed of the rounded bottom half and is decorated with a cross-hatched pattern that form the cup of the acorn, the upper end lower ends both terminate in old, abraded breaks. The reverse retains one, recurved, circular sectioned lug. Length: 19.13mm, Width: 19.45mm, Thickness: 1.17mm, Weight: 2.0g. The metal is dark green in colour with a slightly pitted patina. Complete examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database: NARC-E25BF…
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-803335
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Crotal bell of Post-Medieval date (AD 1550-1750). The object is composed of approximately 1/4 of the lower hemisphere of the bell. There is a section of raised circumferential mid-rib retained in the upper portion of the fragment. The bell is of single cast form. The retained lower portion is decorated with a semi-circular boarder around initials, now illegible. Length: 20.15mm, Width: 25.26mm, Thickness (body): 1.73mm, Weight: 5.3g The metal is green in colour with a predominantly smooth patina.
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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