Record ID: NCL-4ACEC6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy nummus of Constans (AD 333-350), dating to the period c.AD 337-340 (Reece period17). GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS reverse type depicting Two soldiers standing either side of one standard. Mint of Cyzicus. As RIC VIII, p. 491, no. 22. Weight - 1.58g; Diameter - 14.96mm Axis; 6 O'Clock
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2019
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2019
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Record ID: NCL-7CD83E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy finger ring, of probable Early Post Medieval dating (16th to 17th Centuries AD). The finger ring is of the signet ring style, with a raised rectangular bezel. The shoulders are plain and do not expand from the width of the hoop. The hoop is plain and D shaped in cross section and oval in plan. The device on the bezel has an elongated octagonal border which contains a trefoiled flower with two - possibly four - leaves. No direct comparison has been found. The finger ring measures 26.44 in diameter; 18.47mm wide from the bezel to the back edge of the hoop…
Created on: Friday 5th April 2019
Last updated: Saturday 6th April 2019
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Record ID: NCL-E01F76
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Roman coin
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2019
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Record ID: NCL-0351DC
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A hoard of 50 silver pennies and 23 silver half-pennies. Short cross coinage (1180-1247) 2017 T541 Netherwitton, North Northumberland I have examined a group of 73 coins reported found at Netherwitton, North Northumberland. The majority (63) are English silver pennies of the Short Cross type, with the obverse inscription of HENRICUS REX, i.e. King Henry, and a reverse inscription naming the moneyer and mint-place. This coinage was issued in the years 1180-1247, and thus introduced by Henry II and continued through the reigns of Richard I, and John and several decades into the re…
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2017
Last updated: Friday 10th May 2019
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Record ID: NCL-B49FBD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy spectacle buckle, with pin. The frame has two oval loops which are convex in cross-section. one end has an incised notch which serves as a pin rest. The ends of each buckle are pointed. The strap bar has a triangular cross section. The frame features a knopps of each side of the projecting strap bar. The buckle frame is a patinated a light brown with some areas of lighter grey and grey green. The open looped pin is extant and complete. 24.60mm long, 15.24mm wide, 1.47mm thick. 2.41g in weight Such a simple buckle is hard to date precisely, Whitehead (2003) illustr…
Created on: Wednesday 15th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
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Record ID: NCL-D4EBD5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Viking cast lead-alloy trade weight dating from the early medieval period - the 9th or 10th century. The weight comprises a cut fragment of ornamental cast copper alloy metalwork (possibly gilt) set into a lead base. The item appears complete. It is of flat cubic shape with the ornamental copper alloy inset covering all of the upper surface. The decoration of the copper alloy piece is simple: a small square surrounded by four L-shapes with arms of equal length. The interior of the smaller geometrical shapes is scratched/roughened up, possibly to receive and hold enamel. …
Created on: Thursday 16th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2019
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Record ID: NCL-B464CD
Object type: SAW
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible fragment of a Roman (Bronze Age?) copper-alloy saw, similar to BM-AF446A.SF 688.The Piercebridge Divers The fragment is slightly concave and has a square piercing at one end. The object is 38.47mm long; 18.55mm wide; 1.04mm thick and weighs 3.05g
Created on: Wednesday 15th May 2019
Last updated: Sunday 4th August 2019
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Record ID: NCL-5BD5BD
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The coins were submitted as 9 loose coins and two clumps of coins concreted together with corrosion products. These were separated in the British Museum Conservation laboratory. Associated with the coins were seven artefacts. These were found in one discrete group with the exception of the phallic pendant, found one to two metres to the south, and the lead object, found five metres to the south. They are likely to have been moved by ploughing Contents of find The coins (E. Ghey) The coins submitted for consideration consist of a group of 24 medium-sized copper alloy coins, pr…
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 26th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woodburn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-30F496
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy Trumpet brooch of Roman date, c. AD 75 - 175. The head is ovate with a double lug hinge mechanism to the reverse. The pin no longer remains. A D-sectioned bow extends from the front of the head but is much truncateed. The patina is a dark green. Similar examples are illustrated in Hattatt, p.327, fig.186 and are dated to circa AD 75 - 175.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 8th September 2020
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Record ID: NCL-C9205B
Object type: POWDER FLASK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pressed copper-alloy sheet which is a component of an incomplete powder flask. The object probably equates to one half of a powder flask. The object is roughly pear shaped with a flat top at its narrowest point, and has a piercing at its narrow end. The date is probably ealry to late post medieval, however the lack of decoration makes this object problematic to date. The object is 71.38mm at its widest, 155.15 long, and 0.93mm thick.
Created on: Sunday 10th December 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 8th September 2020
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Record ID: NCL-AD9E11
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Massive terret ring made from cast cu-alloy, with an incomplete projection of a twin spur (lipped projection) within the ring. It would also have had a strap bar concealed at the base. Most known examples come from northern England and Scotland with an emphasis in Aberdeenshire. There are also examples from North Wales. It's very close to an example from Chesters, Northumberland in Jope 2000, 309, 291e and MacGregor 1976, 113. Generally dating from late 1st-mid 3rd century AD. A fine example of this type of object is LANCUM-1F06E0
Created on: Friday 8th December 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 8th September 2020
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Record ID: NCL-09DE93
Object type: RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Sunderland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval or modern copper-alloy signet ring with shield-shaped bezel, decorated shoulders and plain hoop. The hoop is D-shaped in cross section. The ring has thick, wide shoulders, supporting a flat, shield-shaped bezel. The bezel has a pointed base, incurved long edges and a top edge with two incurved part, reaching a point at the centre. This shield shape suggests an 18th or 19th century date. The ring is intact but is in poor condition and its surface is very pitted. There are a few similar examples in the database, including DYFED-45A57E, HAMP-5F0686 and HAMP-0320E4. Ins…
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 19th May 2021
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Record ID: NCL-DCD451
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver filigree button. The top and bottom of the button are each formed of a dome of open filigree. The top dome of the button has a large, central granule, attached to a tubular coil of filigree by solder. This is contained within another circle of filigree coils, divided into eight short lengths (each composed of five twists of silver wire, originally formed round a circular core). The outer circle comprises nine medium-sized spherical granules, each with a coil of wire soldered around its widest part. The base of the button comprises eight pinched oval panels of op…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 22nd July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bellingham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-69C525
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver gilt ball-headed dress pin dating to the early post-medieval period, c. AD 1500-1600. The head is spherical, divided into two by a plain applied medial band of silver. The head is decorated with eight large hemispherical knops (four on each side of the band). Each knop is surrounded by a silver filigree complete ring. One smaller knop is positioned at the opposite pole of the pin head from the pin join. Small pellets of silver (16 total) are placed between the larger knops and around the point where the pin joins the head. The pin is complete and bent at an 150 degre…
Created on: Saturday 11th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 29th July 2021
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Record ID: NCL-61E7AD
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy dress hook of early Post-Medieval date, c. AD 1500 - 1700. The dress hook is of Read's Class E, Type 3: circular in plan and with a rectangular attachment loop. The dress hook has a cast openwork body, with a central cross; each quarter has an openwork trefoil or quatrefoil. The outer edge of the body is decorated with a line of pellets. The hook at the base is complete, but bent. Parallels include FAKL-14FC6A, YORYM-681DC6 and Read (2008) p. 99 number 370-371.
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 11th August 2021
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Record ID: NCL-1759D8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete gold finger ring with a surface treatment of white enamel, dating from the late 16th to 17th Century AD. The ring has a D-shaped cross-section. The bezel has setting for three stones. Two subrectangular red stones - probably rubies - remain in their setting. The stones are facetted with a rectangular flat top and angled sides. A third central stone is missing and there are traces of white enamel in the socket where it would have been. The gold around each stone has been pressed around the top to hold it in place. The gold settings for the stones form a scall…
Created on: Wednesday 13th December 2017
Last updated: Friday 10th December 2021
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Record ID: NCL-B1CEAD
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper-alloy belt and buckle style finger ring of post-medieval date (c. 1600 - 1800 AD). The ring is of simple design: a wide and flat band with a moulded bezel in the shape of a D-shaped buckle. The band has three dots, which presumably represent belt holes. the middle hole is not evenly spaced with the first and last dots. The inner face of the band is flat while the outer face is slightly convex, giving the finger ring a D-shaped section. There is no inscription. The finger ring has a rough brown surface with light green patches of copper-corrosion. It is 18.72 mm in diam…
Created on: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 16th December 2021
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Record ID: NCL-AA48BB
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy Post Medieval cup weight, 28.84mm in diameter and weighing 26.72g. It is not possible to see if there are any markings on the inside bottom of the cup due to corrosion and/or extant residue. There is an incised double-banded linear decoration running around approximately 2/3 of the way up the interior of the surface. the wall thickness is 2.24mm; while the diameter at the botton of the wall is 20.60.mm This cup weight may have formed part of a nested set similar to an example from Salisbury (Saunders 2001; 130, fig. 43, ref: 28b), dated from the 13th century. …
Created on: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 16th December 2021
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Record ID: NCL-FE85ED
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold quarter noble of Henry V (1413-1422) type F, annulets next to shield with a trefoil to the L and a mullet to the R, date is 1413-20 North (1991) no.1383. Lis above shield and in centre of reverse. Mullet after first word, and annulet after second word. Struck 1413-22.
Created on: Tuesday 25th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th January 2022
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Record ID: NCL-1E0278
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
A worn copper-alloy Roman dupondius of Hadrian (AD 117-138), dating to the period c.AD 128-129 (Reece period 6). Unclear reverse type depicting a standing female figure left, possibly Hilaritas? Mint of Rome. cf. RIC II.3, p. 142, cf no. 990 for a possible parallel.
Created on: Wednesday 26th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 27th January 2022
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