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An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman bow brooch, of plate headed hinged T-shaped type dating to the 2nd century AD. The arms are narrow and cylindrical, enclosing an axis spindle and with a notch at the centre [...]

Lead token, tally or boardgame piece. Hammered bifacial disc with one side bearing a pattern or device resembling a stylised tree with stocky fringed trunk and an arcing ‘legend’ of dots between faintly defined circles. [...]

Silver coin fragment. Worn long cross round halfpenny, broken to achieve well under one farthing’s weight, issue of 1280-1327Obverse description: worn smoothReverse description: long cross, three pellets in each angleReverse inscription: CIVI/[TAS]/(----)Diameter: 14.3mm, Weight: 0.23gms [...]

Copper alloy unidentified object fragment. Cast square-section bar with a stepped and rounded end; other end broken. The rounded tip forbids interpretation as a nail shank, which this object otherwise resembles. Suggested date: possibly Roman, [...]

Silver coin. Penny of Edward I (1272-1307), class 10cf3 issue of 1307-1309, London mintObverse description: facing bust with broad bifoliate crown cf3 with break in band, drapery of angled wedges, initial cross pattee.Obverse inscription: +EDW [...]

Silver coin. Voided long cross cut halfpenny of Henry III (1216-1272), probably class 3a issue of 1248-1250Obverse description: facing bust no sceptre, legend starts at 12 O’clock, hair comprises two neat curls and pellets left [...]

Copper alloy brooch fragment. A now-cruciform scrap of a cast plate brooch, possibly Mackreth type British Plate [unspecified], comprising the paired U-shaped lugs from the seat for a hinged pin, with a flat front retaining [...]

A worn and corroded Roman copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine dating to AD 330-340 (Reece period 17). VRBS ROMA type with a reverse depicting Romulus and Remus suckling a wolf, with three stars above. Mint of Trier. Cf. LRBC Vol [...]

A Roman copper alloy nummus of Constantine II (AD 317 - 340) dating to AD 327 (Reece period 16). PROVIDENTIAE CAESS reverse depicting a camp-gate of two towers with a star above. Mint of Arelatum / Arles. [...]

A medieval cast copper alloy single looped oval buckle, complete with plate and pin. The frame has a rounded front edge and a recessed strap bar with lobes at either end. The plate is sub triangular [...]