Record ID: SUR-FAD33B
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Anglo-Scandinavian cast copper strap-end (cf. Thomas Class E, Type 4) made from a single plate of cast copper alloy. The rear end has broken off. The body of the object is tongue-shaped and decorated with a complex double-stranded insular Borre style ‘vertebral ring-chain’ interlace motif. The reverse is undecorated. 
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-F9596C
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy fragment, probably part of a late Early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) cast copper-alloy cheek piece from a harness fitting dating to the 11th century AD (cf. Williams (2007) Type 1). The fragment comprises a curled loop with teardrop shaped aperture at the centre, part of a second aperture on one side (which the object has broken across) and four or more incomplete decorative projections running around the exterior edge. One side of the fragment has crudely incised geometric decoration in the form of two bands, possible devolved interlace or zoomorphic forms.
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-800F04
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver early Medieval early penny (sceat), Series H (secondary) Type 49: Metcalf 1, Wodan / Peacock, dating to AD 720-745. Obverse: round moustached Woden face centrally with beaded outline surrounded by ten bosses comprising pellets in annulets. Reverse: Crested peacock displaying right with linear body, splayed feet and pellet within ring of pellets below neck. Hamwic (Southampton) Mint. See Abrahamson (2017): p. 185. 
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-C0CF7A
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy zoomorphic fitting of later early medieval date but of uncertain function. The object is triangular, tapering from a break across a pair of rivet holes to a beast head terminal with a flat attachment loop projecting from the snout. There appears to be indistinct moulded decoration on the front of the plate; details of eyes, brow, ears and snout are visible on the beast head.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-BC5798
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy harness link or bridle cheek piece of late early-medieval (c. 11th century) date and Anglo-Scandinavian style. The remaining portion comprises a D-shaped loop with three peripheral knops and a stump of a narrow arm with a D-shaped cross section. The object has a flat reverse, with a concave hollow to the rear of the loop.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-BC3ACF
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy collared pin of early-medieval date (mid Anglo-Saxon, c. AD 700-900). The head is biconical with a flattened top and a broad flattened circumference of 8.1mm diameter. At the base of the head is a small collar at the top of the shaft, which ends in a bend to an old break. 
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-BC1BE6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy pin of early-medieval date (mid Anglo-Saxon, c. AD 700-900). The head is globular with a slightly flattened top and decorated with a twisted and grooved design spiralling around the head (a style known as ‘wrythen-headed'). At the base of the head is a small collar at the top of the shaft, which ends in an old break. Much of the original surface has been lost to corrosion.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-BC0362
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unusual cast copper alloy strap hook or hooked fitting of medieval date. The object has a subrectangular plate with slightly concave sides and a plano convex cross section. This has symmetrical decoration of scrolled forms running along the plate, rendered largely illegible by corrosion but probably intended to represent an elongated beast head. One end has a rounded attachment loop with five projections around the edge. The other end has an incomplete hook. C. later 11th-mid 12th century.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-566360
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy early medieval (Anglo Saxon) strap end (cf. Thomas Class A2h). The plate is narrow and oval, waisted to a flared rear end which is characteristically split but incomplete having  broken across the rivet holes on the edge. The front of the plate is decorated with cross hatching or lattice decoration within a linear border. The terminal is zoomorphic, although now too worn for much detail to be visible.
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-C20AD1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast copper alloy saucer brooch, dating to c. AD.450-550. The front of the brooch is dished, with an angular and upturned rim around; this is incomplete on one side. The front of the brooch is decorated with a five pointed star pattern formed by double-ridged concave arcs enclosed by an engraved concentric line around a small central boss. There is no trace of gilding. The reverse has an in-line hinge lug and catchplate. There is extensive deposition of iron corrosion products around the hinge lug from a now lost iron spring and pin.
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-C1D5DD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast copper alloy disc brooch, 29.2mm in diameter. The face has incised decoration in the form of five dot-in-annulet motifs, one at the centre with four arranged equidistant around it. The reverse has an in-line catchplate and hinge lug, the latter retaining a rusted remnant of an iron spring and pin. Circa 5th-6th century AD.
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-EF5158
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy zoomorphic strap end dating to the Early Medieval period (c. AD 800-1100), of Thomas class B type 1. The strap end is triangular and bent in the middle. It has a moulded zoomorphic terminal with a transverse incised line collar and three dot-in-annulets behind running to the rear of the plate. The rear end is split with two rivet holes, one retaining traces of an iron rivet. There is a pierced hole to the rear of the terminal, slightly offset to one side, the function of which is unclear.
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-1B07F4
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy early medieval hooked tag dating to c. AD 800 - 1000 and cf. Read's (2008) Class B, type 1. The tag is triangular in shape with two projecting and flanking attachment loops at the rear edge and a sharp hook with an angular collar projecting from the front end. The plate is decorated with concentric compass-inscribed circular ridges around a small annulet centre. 
Created on: Friday 1st March 2024
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-064EE7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn and corroded cast copper alloy fragment, possibly the front end of a buckle, part of a stirrup strap mount (possibly Williams Class B, Type 3 or 4) or part of a harness link element (cf. the central portion of SUSS-A55F19) of later early medieval date (c. 10th-12th century). The fragment is triangular, with stumps of a frame or plate projecting back and a convex body which tapers to a blunt point and has flanking oblique grooves at the junctions with the stumps. The reverse is concave.
Created on: Thursday 29th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-05D65D
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete pair of copper alloy tweezers, probably of early medieval date. The tweezers are made from a single piece of bent metal and have flared terminals flanked by concave edges. There is no suspension loop. The surface appears undecorated and is heavily pitted by corrosion.
Created on: Thursday 29th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-05879D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy disc brooch. The brooch is flat and circular in plan with a plain front face which has corroded traces of an applied facing, now lost. The reverse has a hinge lug retaining  a rusted portion of an iron pin and in-line catchplate, both mounted on a low central ridge.
Created on: Thursday 29th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-CB8C58
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver early medieval cut farthing of Edward the Confessor, Pointed helmet type dating to 1053-1056. Uncertain moneyer, Winchester mint. As North 825; B.M.C. vii; Hild. F.
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-8675FD
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A canine tooth from a wolf or dog which has been drilled for suspension through the root. The tooth is complete, 41.8mm in length and has wear to the tip suggesting that the animal it came from was relatively old. The drilled hole is 3mm in diameter. There is no decoration or other working.
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2024
Last updated: Saturday 24th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-497692
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper-alloy anthropomorphic mount, probably from a stirrup terminal and 20.3mm in length. The terminal is triangular in cross section and overall shape. The decoration unusually is not zoomorphic, instead having a moulded ridge around the wide end, from which a subrectangular lobe projects up the centre of the plate and with the narrower portion of the object tapering to a break with incised lines along the margin. The whole can be interpreted as an anthropomorphic mask, with a nose, heavy brows, lines for a beard and faint mouth. T…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-C7EDB8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval silver penny of Coenwulf of Mercia (AD 796-821), Tribrach type dating to c.AD 797/8-805; Obverse: M in centre, +COENVVLF REX. Reverse: tribrach moline, voided and dividing moneyer's name, EAN / M[V]/ ND. Moneyer Eanmund, London mint. Cf. North 342; Cn. 5-22; BMC 93; Naismith (2011) plate 2 L11.
Created on: Wednesday 14th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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