Record ID: NCL-AEF75D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Newcastle upon Tyne
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper alloy (brass) trade weight, probably dating to the reign of King George IV of England (AD 1820-1830).  The weight is circular with a flat base with central shallow concavitie and incised ring. The sides slope gently outwards and are flat and undecorated. The top features a raised circumferential rim with incised circular detail, central circle with interior concavitie and stamped motifs, including a stamped crown with the letters GR and Roman numeral 4 'IIII'. Because of wear and placement of stamps, some of these stamps are hard to read today.  Base…
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2023
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Record ID: NCL-6CC500
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Newcastle upon Tyne
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete lead weight or gaming piece of probable post-medieval date. Cylindrical in shape, both flat terminals feature off-centre stamped sunburst designs and the sides have thin, narrow, regularly incised lines. The regularity and crispness of the design suggests it was created using a machine-made mould and stamps. This artefact weighs 9.68g, which roughly equates to a 1/3 of an ounce. It has a cream/white patina With some chipping and surface abrasion. Measurements - height: 10.79mm; diameter: 10.39mm; weight: 9.68g.
Created on: Friday 31st March 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
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Record ID: DUR-507D5B
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newcastle upon Tyne
Workflow stage: Published
Summary Antony, 32-31 BC 1 Vitellius, AD 69 1 (aureus) Vespasian, AD 69-79 3 Uncertain Flavian, AD 69-81 1 Domitian, AD 81-96 1 CATALOGUE Aureus VITELLIUS (1) No. Obv. Rev. bust BMC RIC Qty Wt / pl.# row;col A VITELLIVS GERMAN IMP TR P LIBER[I] IMP GERMAN (Confronting, bare headed busts of Vitellius' children) A1* 12 78 1 7.1g / 1;1 …
Created on: Wednesday 6th April 2016
Last updated: Thursday 7th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dinnington Area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-8B8EA7
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newcastle upon Tyne
Workflow stage: Published
Robertson 2000, 157 no. 702: ""In the month of September last [i.e. September 1879], at a point where the military road from Newcastle to Carlisle has been made on the ruins of the Wall of Hadrian, and nearly midway between the Roman station of Condercum (Benwell) on the east, and that of Vindobala (Rudchester) on the west, was found an earthenware vessel full of Roman coins. The discovery was made by an Irish labourer employed in digging for the purpose of laying water-pipes in the bed of the road. He met with the vase at a depth of four feet beneath the surface of the road, and i…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Throckley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-910440
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newcastle upon Tyne
Workflow stage: Published
Robertson 2000, 36 no. 180: "NEWCASTLE, 1909 (Northumberland) "At Newcastle-on-Tyne a hoard of Roman coins has been taken from the Tyne close to the Swing Bridge and near to the site of the old Roman bridge. This is not the first time a similar discovery has been made at the same place. When the old Tyne Bridge, which had stood nearly 500 years, was washed away in September 1771, a number of coins of the Emperor Antoninus were recovered in the pulling down of the old stone piers." F. Haverfield, in Antiquary, XLVI (1910), 367 The Newcastle, 1909, hoard has been classified as Und…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'River Tyne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-9714A3
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newcastle upon Tyne
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worked stone of the Roman period, dating from the 2nd-3rd centuries. The stone depicts a probably female head in the Romano-British style, with a head on a neck in relief on a rectangular base. There is no background panel behind the head, with the upper figural portion being sub-triangular in shape with a flat(ish) front face and a gently sloping reverse. The face is relatively flat with eyes and nose in low relief on a U-shaped head in very stark relief. Damage below the nose has removed the mouth to the jaw. The stone has weathered, but there is some evidence for defined ears t…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2012
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Record ID: NCL-7D6997
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newcastle upon Tyne
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable dupondius or as of early Roman date, c. 43-200. The coin is very worn with an evenly pitted surface. The hint of a bust in profile to the right suggests Roman coin, though it is feasible that the coin is of a Georgian issue.
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 25th April 2012
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Record ID: NCL-D33290
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Newcastle upon Tyne
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bronze coin of Demetrios I, Greek King of Bactria, dating c. 200-185 BC.
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2012
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2012
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Record ID: NCL-833E75
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Newcastle upon Tyne
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy object of uncertain function of the early Post-Medieval period. The object has a shaft with two different but incomplete terminals/ends. The shaft is oval in section. One terminal is sub-rectangular in plan, but concave in profile with a break at the far end. The opposite terminal is sub-triangular in plan and convex in profile. There is a fracture in the terminal where the tip has bent inward more sharply. The quality of the metalwork suggests a Post-Medieval date, but it is cast from a handmade mould.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-EDD154
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Newcastle upon Tyne
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worked stone tool of prehistoric date. The object is roughly rectangular in shape with two adjacent edges bevelled to form a rounded blade. The other two edges are broken, showing that it was originally part of a larger object. This may have been an axe or scraper. Both of the largest surfaces have been worked into a concave shape, one a lot more crudely than the other. This shaping is suggestive of some kind of grip for holding the tool.
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-2FD0A1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newcastle upon Tyne
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman sestertius of the 2nd century, probably of Hadrian.
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-B1D453
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Newcastle upon Tyne
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete clay pipe, probably dating to the late eighteenth or nineteenth centuries. The bowl is oval and measures 23mm in diameter and 45mm in height. It is decorated with a moulded, hatched heart and the stamped initials 'WW' within an oval border. The stem is broken. There are also stamped letters on the stem but these are illegible. The hatched heart decoration is found on pipes manufactured in Berwick upon Tweed.
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2004
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
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Record ID: NCL-B1B4E5
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Newcastle upon Tyne
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the bowl and stem of a claypipe, dating probably to the late eighteenth or ninenteenth centuries. The pipe has an oval bowl measuring 22mm in diameter and 37mm in height. There is moulded decoration on the bowl - perhaps a man carrying someone on his back. However, the moulding is not well defined. The stem is broken and measures 8mm in diameter.
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2004
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
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