Finds from North YorksSaved Search [cached]ROMAN coin : SWYOR-679C67- September 9, 2008 A copper alloy Roman coin; a nummus of the House of Constantine (307 - 364), Constantinopolis with Victory on prow type (330 - 335) with a wreath mintmark in the left field for Trier, AD 333-4. For reference see RIC VII, p. 218, no. 554. Recorded from an image kindly provided by the finder.http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_obj.php?type=finds&id=236639 POST MEDIEVAL Toy : SWYOR-676546- September 9, 2008 A flat, cast lead alloy toy figure of a lady wearing a floor length dress or skirt with a bodice. It measures 63 x 28.1 x 2.7mm and weighs 20.88gm. The figure has recently been broken at the waist (the narrowest point) and is now in two pieces. The head and left arm are missing but these losses are not recent. It is decorated on one side only. The skirt is an inverted shield shape: the top two-thirds are delineated by two lines running parallel to the edges of the skirt surrounding a plain...http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_obj.php?type=finds&id=236636 IRON AGE TANKARD : NCL-66AD76- September 9, 2008 A cast copper-alloy tankard handle of late Iron Age or early Roman date (1st century), a Corcoran class II. The handle is incomplete, lacking both ends and only the body surviving. The primary element is a curved rib, triangular in section that forms the main body of the handle. At the peak and running along 50% of the remaining handle is a flange to either side of the rib, such that it appears that the rib is running through the length of a pointed oval. The rib is raised on the upper...http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_obj.php?type=finds&id=236622 EARLY MEDIEVAL Buckle : NCL-667DB8- September 9, 2008 A cast copper-alloy buckle of the late Saxon period, Naylor type 1Aii, probably of 9th-10th century date. The D-shaped buckle is zoomorphic with a decorated frame. The worn beasts' heads appear to be biting the bar, and the outer frame has grooves creating banding that increases in size at it approaches the centre of the frame. The bar is circular in section and the frame sub-circular in section. The pin is missing.http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_obj.php?type=finds&id=236618 MEDIEVAL Scoop : NCL-5369B6- September 8, 2008 A cast copper-alloy scoop of the Medieval period, probably 14th century. The scoop is incomplete, with only a twisted-rod handle and the base of the scoop at one end, and a possible scraper terminal at the other. The scoop is gently concave. The scraper is broken, but the remaining segment is triangular in plan and flat.http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_obj.php?type=finds&id=236518 ROMAN Bead : NCL-529F42- September 8, 2008 A moulded glass bead of the Roman period, probably. The bead is a worn biconical shape with a circular perforation through it. The glass is a translucent blue in colour with bubbles throughout.http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_obj.php?type=finds&id=236509 NEOLITHIC THUMB NAIL SCRAPER : NCL-526EC5- September 8, 2008 A flint scraper of the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age. The scraper is sub-circular in plan and D-shaped in section. The rounded edge was formed with pressure flaking from a large knapped flake. The flint is a honey-coloured brown.http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_obj.php?type=finds&id=236507 NEOLITHIC Flake : NCL-522096- September 8, 2008 A knapped flint flake that may have functioned as a blade or small dart or arrowhead in the Neolithic period. The flake is subtriangular in plan amd triangular in section. The point has broken off. The underside is smooth from its natural geological structure, while the top surface has a medial ridge with small flakes removed from it by knapping. There is no evidence for pressure flaking despite the small size of the flake. The flint is a translucent light grey-brown.http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_obj.php?type=finds&id=236504 MEDIEVAL Mount : NCL-51D324- September 8, 2008 A cast copper-alloy mount of the Medieval period. The mount is incomplete, and originally it was probably cruciform in shape, but only one complete arm remains. The centre has a raised decorative feature that may be an animal head, but wear and corrosion prevent positive identification. Emerging from the centre is a spatulate-ended arm, with a fan-shaped terminal that flares out from the body. Presumably, the upper arm was symmetrical to the lower, but it is broken just above the centre...http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_obj.php?type=finds&id=236500 ROMAN Vessel : YORYM-14FD66- September 5, 2008 A base sherd from a locally made Calcite Gritted Ware vessel, possibly used for storage and cooking. The material is brown in colour, slightly darker on the outside towards the base (perhaps from cooking use) and the calcite inclusions are mostly missing.http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_obj.php?type=finds&id=236436 |