Copper alloy coin fragment. Probably a radiate indeterminate, later Roman issue of 260-296; about half the flan is lost to a recent break.Obverse description: [bust]Reverse description: figure standing left with right hand outstretched.Reverse inscription: probably VIR(TVS AVG)Diameter: 17.1mm, Weight: 0.86gms
Copper alloy rivet. Cylindrical shank of diameter 5.1mm with a round flat head and with its other end passing through a larger circular rove, being burred on the other side of it. The rivet passed through leather of thickness 11mm to judge from the space between its head and the rove. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900Length: […]
Copper alloy coin. Nummus of the House of Constantine (306-361), probably Constantine II (317-340), Gloria Exercitus issue of 330-335, Reece period 17Obverse description: bust laureate cuirassed right, seen from front.Obverse inscription: possibly CONSTANTINVS IVN [NOB C]Reverse description: two soldiers with two standards between them.Reverse inscription: [GLORIA EXERCITVS]Diameter: 14.8mm, Weight: 1.71gms, die axis: 6
Copper alloy rivet. A cylindrical flat-headed rivet of diameter 5.3mm whose end passes through a wider circular rove, being hammered and burred to fix it in place. This object was presumably attached to leather of thickness 9mm, an inference from the space between rivet head and rove. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900Length: 14.8mm, Diameter (rove): 14.5mm, […]
A complete copper-alloy buckle of medieval date, c.AD 1250 -1500. Meols Type 2.The buckle is a single looped D-shape with a narrowed and recessed strap bar. A grooved pin rest is present on the upper surface of the outside edge of the loop. A circular sectioned pin is fitted around the bar by an open loop. A rectangular […]
A complete copper-alloy buckle of medieval date, c.AD 1250-1500. Meols Type 1.The buckle is a single looped D-shape with a narrowed strap bar. The upper surface of the frame has been decorated with four groups of four parallel incised grooves. A rectangular sectioned pin is fitted around the bar by an open loop. A rectangular plate is looped […]
An incomplete copper-alloy gilded zoomorphic harness pendant of medieval date, AD 1200 - 1400.The pendant comprises a D-shaped plate in the form of a forward-facing animal's head, probably a stag, with integral attachment loop. The upper surface is moulded with features including pellet eyes, an elongated raised muzzle, and rounded snout. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The attachment […]
Addendum to an Iron Age sacred lake assemblage: a Late Iron Age bridle-bit and terret (50 BC - AD 75)1. Two-link bridle-bit, Polden Hill Subtype, bronze, complete Dimensions: maximum length 238.0mm; external rein-ring diameters (1)73.8-74.0mm & (2) 73.5-74.7mm; internal rein-ring diameters (1) 55.6mm & (2) 56.3mm; thickness rein rings – side to side (1) 8.3-9.0mm & […]
