Record ID: HAMP-058516
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily corroded post-medieval iron axehead. The axe consists of a single blade which is curved downwards. The top curves upwards slightly. The blade is sharpened to a V section at the cutting edge. At the attachment end of the axe is a hole which would have initially socketed into a wooden haft which has come loose or eroded over time.  Iron axes can be hard to date, as the forms change little, but the heavy and ongoing corrosion suggests that this axe has not been in the ground for many centuries. It measures 172mm in length, 31.7mm in width (in the middle), 70.2mm in w…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-04E7DE
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-B13F86
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper-alloy farthing of James I (AD 1603-1625) dating to AD 1614-1625. Harrington type 3c, cross initial mark. North (1991: 149) no. 2135
Created on: Thursday 14th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-B0A4D8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy single loop kidney shaped buckle dating to the Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval Period. The buckle frame is long and thin, with concave long sides and convex short sides. The pin is missing. The object has a matt, brown patina.
Created on: Thursday 14th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-AEF9EC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Edward II (AD 1307-1327), Class 10cf3 (AD 1307-1309) (North 1042/3, Spink 1413 - end date as of Spink 2003), London mint. Worn on both sides, no clipping, broken at one point aroud the edge. Obverse: Crowned bust with V necked collar. Legend:+EDWA R ANGL DNS hVB Reverse: Long cross with three pellets in angles. Legend: CIVI [T]AS LON DON
Created on: Thursday 14th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-5F7CAC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy nummus of Constantine I dating to the period AD 318 - 324 (Reece Period 16). Obverse bust of Constantine I right, laureate, helmeted and curiassed.  Inscription IMP CONSTANTIN[VS ]MAX AVG. Reverse type depicting two Victories facing each other and holding with wreath or shield inscribed VOT//PR over altar with a wreath with central cross or star. VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP Mint mark PLN ( London).
Created on: Sunday 10th December 2023
Last updated: Sunday 10th December 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-319F04
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy hair pin  of probable Romano-British to Medieval date .  The solid head comprises an undecorated  four-sided pyramid which in turn sits on an undecorated, inverted four-sided pyramid. The pin appears to be sub-rectanguar in section.  1cm thick at widest point on head,1.5cms long actual pin is 2.5cms long and 4mm thick
Created on: Friday 8th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-315FEC
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete badge or mount of Edward VII with royal cypher, 'ERI' on crossed sceptres and roses with crown above. Dates c. 1901-1910. Plain reverse. 
Created on: Friday 8th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-304BBE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete uninscribed Iron Age silver unit of the Belgae. 'Danebury Dragon' ABC 896. Obverse clawed beast left, head turned back, moons below. Reverse annulate horse left, floral sun above, cogwheel moon below. VA 286, BCM 631-33. 
Created on: Friday 8th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-20E36E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy 'Spectacle' Buckle dating from the Post Medieval period. The buckle is double looped in section and the frame slightly bowed forward. There is no decoration and the pin is missing. The buckle frame has a mid-green patina.
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-20A0A3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy boot or garter buckle of Post-Medieval date. The buckle is cast and rectangular with drilled frames of a separate spindle. It has a tripple spiked tongue and rounded corners.
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-F5DF37
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy Irish halfpenny of George I (1724-1727), minted at Bristol and dated 1723 on coin. William Wood's Coinage (1722-1724), Type II. Spink: 6601. Obverse: GEORGIUS.DEI.GRATIA.REX.; Laureate bust right. Reverse: HIBERNIA.1723.; Hibernia seated left, leaning on harp and holding branch.
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-F3FD93
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy bracelet fragment. This is a strip bracelet, with parallel sides and incised geometric decoration.
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-F3EA75
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pot mend of uncertain Roman to Post-Medieval date c. AD 43-1900.  The mend is is now mostly a uneven domed shape including a concave base from it contracts and then slightly expands to a convex terminal. It has a typical off white/cream colour.
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-F0EFD7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken copper alloy cast strap fitting, bar mount belt stiffener, of medieval date (13th-14th century AD).  The fitting is roughly rectangular in plan with a perforated lobe, from which extends an arm with a sub-rectangular terminus with a copper alloy rivet (appears to be separately cast).  The other arm of the strap fitting has broken off just after the [originally central ] lobe. The object has a curved upper surface and a flat base and is undecorated.
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-F0DC4A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Broken Roman copper-alloy contemporary copy of a nummus of the House of Constantine dating to the period AD 330-402. Unclear reverse type, unclear mint.Obverse laureate bust right.
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-F0AA1A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, clipped silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) Obverse crowned bust left, rose behind.  legend [ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA] Reverse Square shield on long cross fourchee, date 1582 above shield. [POSVI/DEV AD/] IVTO [RE/M MEV] Die axis 1 o'clock
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-F053A2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete chipped silver long cross round halfpenny of Henry VII (1485-1509), dating to the period AD 1490 – 1504.  Obverse bust facing with  lower single arched crown, no symbols near the bust and  crown and head floating above shoulders. Possibly pansy initial mark. Inscription HENRICUS DEI G[RACIA REX ANGLIE ET FRANC DNS IBAR]. Reverse long cross with ornamental terminal and three pellets in each angle. Inscription CIVI/TAS/LON/[DON] Mint of London. Class III. Withers Type 3a. North Vol 2, p.103, no.1734.
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-DF4144
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy double looped buckle of post-medieval date (1570-1700). The buckle is double looped with one loop D-shaped off the central bar and the other loop trapezoidal. The frame is broadly sub-rectangular in plan with a slight integrally cast central bar. The edges of the frame are faceted and the corners are angled. The frame of the buckle is not decorated and there is no evidence of an applied surface present.
Created on: Monday 4th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-DDEA69
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete clipped post medieval silver halfgroat of Charles I (AD 1625-1649) dating to AD 1644-1645. Group D, I.m (R)·. Tower of London mint (under Parliament). See North (1991:162); no: 2258. The coin has been clippedall the way around.  Obverse description: Crowned (fourth) bust facing left, II behind  Obverse inscription: [CAR]OLVS D G M B F [ET H REX] Reverse description: Oval garnished shield Reverse inscription: IVSTITI[A THR]ONVM FIRMAT
Created on: Monday 4th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2023
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