Record ID: BUC-81E69B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper alloy unit attributed to the Catuvellauni tribe, struck under Tasciovanos, dating to c. 25 BC- AD 10. Tasciovanos Verlamio type. Obverse: geometric pattern forming eight pointed star around central pellet, VERLAMIO between the points. Reverse: Bull left, pawing ground, tail raised over back, branch below. ABC 2679.
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: BUC-81B2A9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age silver unit attributed to the Catuvellauni tribe, struck under Cunobelinus, dating to c. AD 8-41. Cunobelinus Sphinx type. The obverse depicts winged bust right, CVNO in front. Reverse depicts Sphinx seated left, TASCIO in front. ABC 2870. 
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: ESS-817074
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of two lead probable weights of unknown date. Description: Both objects are broadly conical in profile with circular bases, tapering to points at their tops. Both have holes at their tops. One object has a circular indentation at the centre of its base. Both are very worn with breakages. Measurements: 1: Height: 16.8mm; width: 16.5mm; weight: 12.6g 2: Height: 21mm; width: 17.2mm; weight: 13.73g
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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Record ID: BUC-8104F3
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An fragment of a copper alloy medieval horse harness pendant, dating from c. AD 1200-1400. The main body of the pendant is shield shaped, only the top of the pendant remains. From the top of the pendant projects the attachment loop, this is worn and broken. On one side of the pendant there are five horizontal grooves running across the shield.  There is no decoration on the reverse. The pendant has a dark green patina. It measures 25.9mm in length, 23.6mm in width, and weighs 5.67g. 
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: BUC-80D7FA
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy medieval horse harness pendant, dating from c. AD 1200-1400. The main body of the pendant is shield shaped, at the top of the shield the suspension attachment loop projects. This is held within a worn and broken seperate attachment with a notch and iron pin holding it in place. There is no decoration on the pendant, which is a red brown colour with patches of light green. It measures 36.5mm in length, 14.6mm in width, and weighs 4.78g. 
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: BUC-80BD51
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy medieval horse harness pendant, dating from c. AD 1200-1400. The main body of the pendant is circular, with four regularly spaced hoop projections around the edge. These are very worn, and only one remains almost complete. In between two of the projections a suspension attachment projects. This is formed of two circular loops, with a notch inbetween to hold the attachment. There is a circular iron pin running through the loops to hold the attachment in place.  The main body of the pendant is decorated with a raised shield. Contained within the shield ar…
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: WILT-803E9D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval silver finger ring, dating to c. AD 1700-1800. The ring has an inset circular blue cut glass gem, probably made of paste which sits inside a circular collet decorated with a repeating serrated pattern. Below this is a wider plain collar. The hoop is circular in plan, without decoration and soldered to the bezel. Dimensions: Height: 17.6mm; diameter of hoop: 16.1mm; weight: 0.80g. Thanks to Rachel King, Curator: European Renaissance and Waddesdon Bequest at the British Museum, who says, 'The stone is of a cut-type which w…
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-8036D7
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper-alloy harness mount, terminating in a worn break at one end. It is a straight rectangular bar, triangular or sub-triangular in cross-section for the most part, plano-convex in cross-section at the unbroken end and flat on the reverse all the way along. There is a circular perforation at the unbroken end, adjacent to a slightly raised transverse ridge separating this end from the triangular cross-sectioned main part. The rest of the front surface is covered in moulded and perhaps punched decoration but it has become rather indistinct due to wear. The facets on…
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
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Record ID: BUC-803666
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy miniature socketed axehead, possibly of Roman date, c. AD 43-410. The fragment consists of the oval looped handle, and a C shaped section of the body of the axehead. There is a seam line running from the edge of the handle to the outer rim of the axehead. The outer rim is raised and thicker than the main body. The breaks are worn. The fragment has a dark green patina, and measures 25.2mm in length, 18.2mm in width, 2.6mm at maximum thickness at the rim, and weighs 6.21g.  Similar to YORYM-048434 and GLO-B438E4
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: BUC-7FF6A7
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy middle to late Bronze Age knife or dagger, probably dating to  c. 1150-850 BC. The fragment is rectangular in shape, and flat. It has a raised flat section running the length of the blade, the blade is lozenge shaped in cross section. The blade widens slightly in the centre, possibly suggesting that the knife was tanged. At one end there is a circular perforation, the knife is worn and broken around this.  At the opposite edge the blade also ends in a worn break. It has a dark green patina, and measures 48.3mm in length, 18.4mm in width,…
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: WREX-7FC9D8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative Polden Hill brooch (Mackreth 2011, 4l, Oddments No. 2059, Plate 48) dating c120-240AD. In plan the brooch is almost T shape.  The wings are circular in section with a slight raised stop-ridge at either end.  The upper part of the bow is decorated with a two semi-circles cells (to create a circular motif) filled with white enamel.  The rest of the bow is pitted but appears to have traces of moulded decoration.  The pin is incomplete and the catchplate and foot are missing. There is a lot of iron corrosion ad…
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Overton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-7FAFDA
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy post medieval unknown object, possibly a pair of tweezers, dating from c. AD 1700-1800. The object consists of two arms that are held together at one end. The two arms are rectangular at the top, one has an oval perforation through the centre. The arms are flat, the terminal ends widen in thickness and become semi circular in cross section. The arms end in a widened rounded shape. On of the arms is slightly bent. There is no decoration on the object, which has a red brown patina. It measures 78.1mm in length, 36.1mm in maximum width, and weighs 15.31.g Similar to W…
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-7F5686
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and very worn Roman copper-alloy nummus, possibly a contemporary copy of an issue of Constantius II (323-361) or Constans (AD 333 to AD 350) dating c. AD348-50.  (Reece Period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO Emperor on galley reverse type. Unclear mint. The coin measures 17.24mm long, 14.95mm wide, 2.29mm thick and weighs 1.79g.
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-7F4A58
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper-alloy composite strap end with a forked spacer. It appears to be nearly complete. The front and back plates are of equal size and shape, with straight or nearly-straight parallel lateral edges, one more roughly abraded than the others, and a tapering (triangular) closed end which terminates in small knop. The attachment or open end is more irregular in shape and has certainly lost some fragments, but there are remnants of at least one apparently intentional V-shaped notch on each plate. The spacer runs the extends the full width and nearly the full length, from the knop…
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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Record ID: WREX-7F3BE3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a silver coin of Elizabeth I, possibly a groat c1558-1581 AD. Traces of the crowned bust of the queen facing left survive with part of the legend reading ELIZ[…].   On the reverse traces of a squared shield on long cross fourchée survives with the lettering […]OREM[…]. Measurements: length: 15.4mm; width: 10.3mm; thickness: 0.4mm; weight: 0.35g.
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Drayton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-7F1B0E
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete late medieval or later lead token or gaming piece dating c. 1500-1850 AD.  The circular token is decorated on one side only with a flower motif with 6 petals.  The token has a pale white, powdery, patina. Measurements: diameter: 29.2mm; thickness: 3.3mm; weight: 17.61g
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walesby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-7F0AFB
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete lead button dating to the 17th or early 18th century (c. 1600-1730AD). The discoidal button is solid with a flat front and back. The button has been mould decorated with a 12 spoke wheel with a pellet at the centre. On the reverse there is the remains of an integral loop and clear casting seam. Measurements: diameter: 20.2mm; thickness: 1.6mm; thickness inc. lug: 4.5mm; weight:4.99g
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gwernaffield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-7EF925
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman spoon in two pieces, dating from AD 40-200. The object comprises of the circular bowl of the spoon and a part of the the handle. The bowl is circular and shallow, with about a quarter of it missing with a worn break. There is a small separate fragment of this. The rim has a flat edge. The handle projects from the side of the spoon but emerges from the back, not the upper rim, it is oval in cross section and tapers away from the bowl. Where the handle connects to the back there is a narrow ridge that tapers towards the centre point of the bowl …
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: WREX-7EEB3C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warrington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Extremely worn and incomplete silver coin, probably an early Roman denarius, dating late-1st to early-3rd century AD.  Possible Flavian type bust on the obverse with an unclear reverse. No legends are visible or legible. Measurements: diameter: 15.5mm; thickness: 1.5mm; weight: 1.0g
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winwick', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-7EE69B
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Head and a short extant length (c. 7mm) of the shaft of an undecorated probably medieval copper-alloy pin . The head relatively small, oval and flattened on the top and underside. The shaft is circular in cross-section and projects off-centre from the underside. It tapers in diameter from the top to the worn break at the end. Probably 12th to 15th century. Length: 12.2mm. Width (head): 8.1mm. Thickness (head): 7.4mm. Diameter of shaft at top: 4.0mm. Weight: 1.8g
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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