Tag: Carl Wark. Hill Fort
PAS North Yorkshire
- NLM-35C05B COIN ROMAN 5 February 2025Copper alloy coin fragment. Radiate or nummus indeterminate, probably of medium to large module, later Roman issue of 260-330, probably a regular issue.Obverse description: youthful bust right, clean-shaven.Obverse inscription: (----)OAGReverse description: male figure nude save for cloaked shoulders left, with right arm extended and appearing to hold the lead of a small dog – the […]
- NLM-35A416 SEAL MATRIX POST MEDIEVAL 5 February 2025Copper alloy seal matrix. Cast handled stamp with a facetted octagonal-section tapered handle terminating in an elongated loop surmounted by a small knop. The octagonal matrix bears a non-figurative diaper-pattern or cross-hatched motif which retains extensive gilding traces. The form is probably archaic or ‘retrospective’ as facetted handles were falling out of use from the […]
- NLM-217485 NAIL CLEANER ROMAN 5 February 2025Copper alloy nail cleaner with high shoulders of Eckardt and Crummy 2008, 121 no. 524 Fig. 60 type. Nail-cleaner 524 from Dragonby, North Lincs was found with a knee brooch, which implies a 2nd century or later date.This is a small cast nail cleaner with the stub of a small collared loop at its broader end, […]
- NLM-1FDB41 TOKEN POST MEDIEVAL 5 February 2025Copper alloy token. Thin milled token, possibly a commercial promotional issue rather than currency, retaining some features on one side, possibly issue of 1850-1900; fiercely abraded, possibly burnt. Paul cannon kindly comments as follows: 'As far as I can tell this is another advertising token of the Grimsby firm of Lawson & Waby. Despite being […]
- NLM-235F92 COIN ROMAN 4 February 2025Copper 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
PAS West Yorkshire
- YORYM-8E1BC7 BUCKLE MEDIEVAL 28 January 2025A 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 […]
- YORYM-8E4F89 BUCKLE MEDIEVAL 28 January 2025A 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 […]
PAS South Yorkshire
- YORYM-8FC319 HARNESS PENDANT MEDIEVAL 28 January 2025An 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 […]
- NMGW-C31C53 CHARIOT FITTING IRON AGE 24 January 2025Addendum 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 & […]
