Feb 09
Ray Selkirk was a trailblazing landscape archaeologist who revolutionized how we interpret the hidden past beneath our feet. As a former World War II pilot, Selkirk brought a unique aerial perspective to archaeological surveying, allowing him to recognize subtle patterns in the landscape that often went unnoticed at ground level.
Feb 08
Francis Pryor stands as a luminary in British archaeology, whose profound insights into prehistoric Britain have reshaped our understanding of ancient societies.
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A worn and pierced silver penny of Charles I (AD 1625-1649) probably dating to 1625. The penny has roses on either face, one side with a wire inner lines, the other made up of pellets. [...]
A partially worn silver voided long cross penny of Henry III (AD 1216-1272) dating to AD 1248-1250. Struck by the moneyer Adam in Newcastle. Class 3bc (with neck lines). North 987/1 [...]
A silver post Medieval threepence of Elizabeth I, dated 1580 on the coin. Unclear initial mark, but probably a long cross. London Tower mint. As North 1998. [...]
A very worn copper-alloy Roman nummus (AE3) of an uncertain ruler, dating to the fourth century AD. The obverse has a bust facing right, and the reverse has an unclear standing figure. [...]
A worn and corroding copper-alloy Roman radiate of an uncertain emperor, dating to the period AD 260-275. Reece Period 13. Reverse may have a figure standing, but it is hard to discern. [...]
A near-complete cast copper alloy Williams (1997) Class A Type 10a stirrup mount of Early Medieval date (c.AD 1000-1100). The mount is sub-triangular or teardrop-shaped in plan with a loop at the apex, convex on [...]
Copper alloy button. Cast discoid button front with a small central spread-eagle motif stamped into the concave front, which is surrounded by a milled tyre-like rim. The back bears a series of tiny stamps in [...]
A complete lead-alloy bifacial token of post-medieval date. One side has an anchor design (Powell Type 5) and the other either a plume of feathers or a stylised fleur-de-lys (Powell Type 4). Lead tokens had a [...]
Copper alloy dress hook, as kindly identified by the finder. Cast circular slightly concavo-convex plate surmounted by a trapezoid loop and with an uncollared short sharp back-ward-pointing hook below. The plate bears a moulded pattern [...]
Lead stylus, as kindly identified by the finder. A cast lead rod of diameter 4.2mm, knife -sharpened in the manner of a pencil at one end, flat at the other; heavily patinated overall and bent [...]
Opaque pale grey - appears buff under transmitted light - flint with cortex spot, biconvex or plano-convex knife. A sub-oval flake of lentoid section with invasive angled scalar retouch across its dorsal side, and with [...]
Copper alloy and iron brooch. Cast hinged Colchester derivative brooch, Mackreth type CD H1.d. Cast tubular wings clenched behind retain an iron axis bar whose rusting has extruded to retain a hinged pin [lost]. The [...]
A base-silver Roman denarius of Elagabalus (AD 218-222) dating to the period AD 220-222 (Reece Period 10). INVICTVS SACERDOS AVG reverse type depicting the Emperor sacrificing over an altar with a bull behind, holding a [...]
Flint scraper. Discoid scraper with four broad flakes struck from its dorsal side and two adjacent flakes struck from a probably smooth bulbar ventral surface, the angle of working differing by 90 degrees on the [...]
An incomplete cast socketed and pegged, copper-alloy decorated spearhead dating to the Late Bronze Age (c. 1100-800 BC). The spearhead is a small example measuring 75.5mm in length. The open, circular socket has an internal [...]
Copper alloy brooch. Cast headstud brooch, Mackreth type Headstud X1. Rectangular flat-faced wings mask a concave gutter behind with solder traces to retain a separate spring [lost] and are surmounted by what appears to be [...]
Two reject sections of hard hammer struck blades from gunflint manufacture. Both of trapezoidal cross section, one much larger than the other, sub-rectangular in plan. Black/dark brown flint of good quality and matt surface with [...]
Incomplete and worn copper alloy coin, possibly an Byzantine Follis, of uncertain date. On the obverse a bust facing, possibly the head of Christ.The reverse is worn and it is unclear what is depicted and therefore what [...]
An incomplete Medieval to Post-Medieval copper-alloy Scabbard chape, dating to c.AD 1450 - 1600. The object is an openwork sword scabbard chape which is sub-triangular in plan with tapering and rounded sides and a knop at the [...]
An incomplete late Early Medieval copper-alloy harness link or bit link, dating to AD 1000 - 1100. The object consists of a triple knobbed loop with projecting collar, it terminates in an old worn break.Williams, D., (2007) Anglo-Scandinavian Horse Harness Fittings [...]
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