Record ID: WILT-1AD68A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified Medieval silver penny, probably a short or long cross issue, dating to AD 1180-1278. Unclear mint and moneyer.
Created on: Monday 26th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2022
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Record ID: WILT-1ABFCE
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Middle Bronze Age rapier dating to c. 1550-1150 cal BC. This slender fragment appears to be from the tip of a rapier. The opposite end is broken, but this is not due to recent damage. The find has a sub-rectangular cross section. It has flat surfaces, which do not appear to have been deliberately bent prior to deposition. The edges of the blade are bevelled although these are now abraded and chipped. The surfaces of the blade are pitted and worn. Dimensions: Length: 35.1mm; width: 13.8mm; thickness: 2.9mm; weight: 5.15g. The …
Created on: Monday 26th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2022
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Record ID: WILT-1AB4C7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy radiate or nummus of uncertain ruler dating to AD 260-402. Unclear reverse type -possible standing figure. Unclear mint.
Created on: Monday 26th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2022
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Record ID: WILT-1AA7FB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy British plate brooch dating to c. AD 100-200. Mackreth (2011) type 3.a4. The main body of the brooch was originally circular in plan, but it has lost a portion due to an old break between 5 and 7 o'clock. The surviving portion of the brooch has five rounded, projecting lugs placed evenly around the its circumference, although the sixth is now missing due to damage. The front of the brooch has a notched decoration around the frame. This decoration is quite worn in places. Inside the frame is a recessed circular border with traces…
Created on: Monday 26th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2022
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Record ID: WILT-1A6B05
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval silver soldino or 'Galley halfpenny' possibly dating to c.  AD 1501-1525. The obverse shows the Doge, as standard bearer of Venice, kneeling left, receiving the banner of St. Mark from the patron-saint standing right. The reverse may show Christ standing holding a cross, but it is very worn. No legends are legible. Soldini entered circulation via the Venetian trading fleet, and were used in place of silver half-pennies which were in short supply.  See DENO-67F499 on the PAS database for similar.
Created on: Monday 26th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: WILT-799CC0
Object type: PROCESSIONAL CROSS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval cast copper alloy figurine, probably from a processional cross, dating c. AD 1400 - 1530. The find depicts a draped, standing male figure holding a book in the left hand. The right arm is bent at the elbow with the hand raised with palm facing outwards, in a typically Medieval ecclesiastical pose. The figure is standing facing, with a clean shaven appearance and a well groomed head of hair, depicted as numerous sub-parallel linear incised grooves covering the whole crown of the head and radiating down. The…
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
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Record ID: WILT-7305DE
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval copper alloy openwork strap fitting probably dating to c. AD 1000-1100. The fitting is triangular in shape with a bar at the top. The design is moulded in relief. There is a knop at either end of the bar, of which the right hand knop is more pronounced than the left. From the base of each knop comes a swathe of foliage, which meets in the middle in a semi circle, below the openwork gap which is itself under the bar at the top. The foliage returns outwards and back in on itself into a curled tendril on either side of the fitting. The frame of the…
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th January 2023
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Record ID: WILT-637102
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman Republican silver 'legionary' denarius of Mark Antony, dating to c. 32-31 BC (Reece period 1). Travelling mint. RRC no. 544.
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2022
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Record ID: WILT-62A7EC
Object type: OX SHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron ox shoe of probable medieval to post medieval date (c. AD 1250 - 1900). The ox shoe comprises a broadly C-shaped plate for one half of the cloven hoof of the ox with an integral loop at the toe end consisiting of a length of iron which projects from the inner edge of the shoe and has been bent backwards to meet the outer edge, possibly to help keep the shoe in place. It exhibits four visible rectangular nail holes along the outer edge of the plate. Ox shoes are difficult to date due to the fact that they retain a similar design throughout the majority …
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2022
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Record ID: WILT-60D9A2
Object type: ANNULAR BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) annular brooch, dating to c. AD 475-575. The frame is flat with a slightly champfered edge on the inside. The frame is sub-circular, with a constriction to hold the pin, now missing. The obverse is stamped with irregularly spaced ring and dot motifs. The reverse is plain. Dimensions: DiameterL 19.3mm; thickness: 1.0mm; weight: 0.86g. Similar to HAMP-1473BE on the PAS database.
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2022
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Record ID: WILT-608B78
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval silver penny of John (AD 1199-1216), dating to c. AD 1204-1210. Voided short cross. Moneyer is either Lukas (Class 5b-c) or Miles (Class 5a-c). Minted at Winchester. Coin is slightly mis-struck and doesn't meet the edge of the flan on the reverse. It is also folded in slightly at 12 o'clock and folded backwards at 6 o'clock on the obverse.
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2022
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Record ID: WILT-92070A
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman hoard, dating to c. AD 100, containing two copper alloy neck-rings covered by a copper alloy dish, eleven brooches and fragments, two copper alloy bracelets or anklets and two incomplete iron tools buried in a lead container but found distribute across an area of about 0.5m: the brooches at one extent of this, the neck-rings at the other and the iron tools between. Two cast copper alloy neck-rings both made from two halves that join by means of a mortise and tenon joint at the front and hooked tenon and socket joint at the back (also known as a joggle joint). On one half…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2022
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Longbridge Deverill CP'', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-92D3DD
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Medieval silver seal matrix, dating to c. AD 1200-1400, with an inset central intaglio, probably of brown jasper and probably a reused Roman gemstone (Martin Henig, pers. comm.). The seal matrix is flat, oval in plan with an integrally cast suspension loop handle at the top. The gem is opaque and yellow brown in colour.  It exhibits an engraved design of a lion facing left (right on impression), away from the handle at the top, lifting its front right paw (left on impression) and resting it on an object -possibly a bull’s head. The legend, engraved in Lombardic …
Created on: Thursday 21st July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heytesbury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-17362B
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Early Medieval gold and garnet pendant, dating to c. AD 600-650. Drop-shaped in plan, comprising a dark red cabochon gemstone, probably a re-used Roman garnet (M. Henig, pers. comm.), set within a composite gold frame surrounded by a single strand of beaded wire with a serrated setting. At the top of the pendant is a suspension loop made from a strip of gold sheet decorated with four parallel ridges, bent into a loop and soldered onto the pendant's frame. The find is in fairly good condition, although one of the serrated teeth has been bent backwards, the garnet ha…
Created on: Friday 15th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Hullavington CP'', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-FF3558
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy as of Hadrian (AD 117-138), dating to AD 125-128 (Reece period 6). SALVS AVGVSTI // COS III reverse type depicting Salus standing left, holding sceptre and feeding snake coiled around altar. Mint of Rome. RIC II, p. 427, no. 678.
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2022
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2023
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Record ID: WILT-843D38
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A quantity of metal working debris from lead working of unknown date. An incomplete solidified pool of lead  presumably from casting, which has set on a flat surface. It appears to have been broken off at the terminal end, due to an old break. Possibly Medieval to Post Medieval in date, c. AD 1200-1800. Dimensions: length: 116.3mm; width: 70.4mm; thickness: 10.4mm; weight: 161.26g.
Created on: Friday 8th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2022
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Record ID: WILT-837CF7
Object type: CHAPE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval lead alloy possible dagger chape, dating to c. AD 1450-1600. It is sub-triangular in plan and tapers to a rounded tip. The hollow inside is sub rectangular and thinner than the width of the chape itself. Dimensions: length: 40.4mm; width: 28.3mm; thickness: 9.0mm; weight: 35.26g. cf on the PAS database: SF-61093B, but also YORYM-306374 which may be of a later date.
Created on: Friday 8th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2022
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Record ID: WILT-570639
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval to Post-Medieval gold 10 Cruzados (Português) of Manuel I of Portugal (1495-1521), dating to AD1499-1521 (Gomez 74.05). The coin has a small, round punch mark (located at 3 o'clock on the line of the inner circle on the obverse, and by the top of the central cross at at 1 o'clock on the reverse) which has almost pierced the coin. The punch was made from reverse to obverse. 
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2022
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Record ID: WILT-54BBAA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman gold finger ring dating to c. AD 1-200. The find is much bent and distorted, with a circular hoop of circular cross-section and what appear to be a pair of opposed possible snake heads forming the bezel. max. length of distorted hoop 25.0mm thickness wire hoop (circular sectioned) 1.3mm max setting length 8.5mm (right angles to hoop) max setting width 6.8mm depth setting 2.6mm weight 1.95g Discussion: snake rings are common finds from the early Roman period. This ring appears to broadly conform with the type and would be classified as Johns t…
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: WILT-444F58
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, Medieval to Post Medieval cast copper-alloy double-loop annular buckle, dating c. AD 1350-1650. The buckle frame is circular with a central bar creating two back to back D-shaped loops, with D shaped cross section. Part of the pin is still in situ, held firm by corrosion products. Dimensions: Diameter: 20.9mm; thickness: 6.0mm; weight: 2.19g. Buckles of this form and size are difficult to date but a range from contexts spanning the mid 14th-mid 17th centuries is shown by Egan and Pritchard (1991:65-67).
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 8th July 2022
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