Record ID: CORN-EE23E2
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy knife handle with a bird head finial and a pattern of tears or drops of blood running down the body of the tang. The tears are recessed and defined by rows of linear impressed ovals and dots, which give the surface a texture. The surface is now quite corroded but was probably once lacquered. These tear-shaped motifs are often used in heraldic contexts, and the knife may have been more ornamental, rather than functional, and possibly part of a marriage pair, with a matching handle for the other spouse (Geoff Egan pers comm). Griffiths, Philpott and Egan (2007) illus…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2011
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Record ID: CORN-EE82E6
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy hexagonal coin weight for the Spanish gold double excellente. "The hexagonal shape suggests that it was made in Paris, but the lowercase letter 'y' on the obverse would suggest that it is Spanish and might even be 14th century. The weight now weighs 5.68 grams, but it may have lost some mass, and if it was originally around 6 grams that would make it a weight for a double excellente" (Paul Withers pers comm). There are some silver coins, the real and the blanca del agnus dei, with the letter Y on them, issued by Juan I (1379-1390). The double excellente was introduce…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Friday 16th April 2010
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Record ID: GAT-FA0E08
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tapering T-shaped bow brooch with longitudinal incised decoration on body running from the head to the foot, which is decorated with transverse ribs. The embellishment consists of a central panel with 'rope' style decoration (c. 2-3mm in width) and grooves running down the external edges of the bow. The wings are roughly cylindrical in section, tapering towards the external edges and have a central perforation and notch to the reverse to carry the hinged pin and its axis bar. The pin no longer survives. The sub-trapezoidal catchplate is wide and finely rolled, although there are t…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 29th January 2013
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Record ID: GAT-FA5CE3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bow brooch with head loop and longitudinal decoration between a head stud and the well-defined foot which is ribbed and flares outwards at the terminal. Discreet wings are present behind the junction of the body and head loop. These bear incised grooves running parallel to the direction of the bow. The tapering pin remains in place and is still articulated, although it must have eroded as it no longer meets the catchplate. The finely-rolled catchplate originates halfway along the reverse of the bow and is sub-triangular in shape. The principal decoration on the bow is formed by t…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2013
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Record ID: CAM-0B1753
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman, cut, copper alloy, probably House of Constantine. Obverse: GLORIA EXERCITUS, illegible. Reverse: [...], standing soldier. Diameter: 12.18mm, weight: 0.3g.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 19th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Water Newton Rally 2009', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-10BCB6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman brooch of Developed T-shape type. The brooch is quite small at 33.5 mm long. It measures 15.43 mm wide across the wings, and the bow is 7.56 mm wide at the head, above the wings. It weighs 4.3 grams. The bottom half of the bow is decorated with a central vertical ridge, whilst the top has two rectangular cells for enamel (now missing) adjacent to one another running vertically down the upper part of the bow. Very slight traces of yellow reside in the cells, perhaps traces of the colour of the enamel. The pin mechanism is hinged. The pin is now missing, but it would…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2012
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Record ID: NARC-10DAD4
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy S shaped belt hook in the form of two swans' heads. The surface is gilded. The belt hook measures 31.6 mm in length, 15.86 wide, 4.9 mm thick and weighs 5.6 grams. The object is likely to be 16th - 17th century in date.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2011
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Record ID: NARC-110665
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable copper-alloy finger ring comprised of a band of metal coiled and soldered together, and secured by wrapping one end around twice around the coil. The other end expands to form a wedge, before tapering again slightly, giving this end the appearance of a serpent's head. Assuming that this item was intended for use as a finger ring (and not as a means of attachment for something), it has been bent out of shape and is now oval rather than circular in shape. Dating such objects is not easy, but finger rings made from bands of wire are known from the Roman period, and rings term…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2012
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Record ID: LANCUM-0E4533
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver hammered penny of Edward I dating from c. AD1301-1310. Class 10cf3(b). North 1042/2. Crowned bust facing. EDWARANGLDNShYB. Long cross dividing legend with pellets in angles. CIVITAS LONDON. Note: Crown 3; rounded letter E and curled tail to letter h. The diameter is 17mm and the weight 1.17g.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'RIPON', grid reference and parish protected.