As the new PAS database prepares to launch, this is the last complete record I created on the old version. It's a complete Early-Medieval pin. These objects with ring & dot decoration are common finds from Middle-Saxon England & likely date to the 9th C. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

This Roman disc brooch has an intaglio engraved with a bird, probably an eagle, with its wings spread & head turned over its shoulder. Dated examples suggest the type was most prolific in the early 3rd century. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

This Roman mount was likely from a vessel. They commonly take the form of Roman deities. This one is worn making it difficult to attribute but it is possibly Apollo who is often depicted clean-shaven and youthful with a topknot or full head of hair. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

Revisiting some of the lovely Limoges objects I have recorded this year in a new, short blog post 'Tiny, French, and Rather Fabulous' #FindsFriday tinyurl.com/ykan2tct

COOL THING ALERT: This is a lead coin mould of a radiate of Carausius. An official coin was placed between two sheets of metal & two lead plates then hammered creating an impression. These were then cut & fixed together to make a copy coin. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

It's not often we get to record complete artefacts but this is a lovely one. It's a Roman headstud brooch decorated with enamel. These brooches are most frequently found in the north of England. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

Wrist-clasps, like this, were used to fasten the cuffs of women’s clothing in the early Anglo-Saxon period. They are found almost exclusively in the Anglian culture-province encompassing East Anglia, Cambridgeshire, the East Midlands, North & East Yorkshire. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

This partifact is one terminal from a Roman dragonesque brooch. These are known with a variety of designs & decorative motifs. This example is enamelled. These brooches date to the 2nd century and have a mainly Yorkshire / East Coast distribution. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

This Birdlip brooch dates to the Iron Age/Roman period. They are British variants of continental Flugelfibel brooch & are highly variable in decoration. The flanking hood, straight upper moulding, and projecting beak gives a zoomorphic appearance. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

This Roman pestle is part of a cosmetic set used for grinding materials like eye or face paint. Most are made of copper-alloy though iron examples, like this, are also known including one from the St Albans King Harry Lane Late Iron Age and Roman cemetery. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

This Early-Medieval brooch is decorated with Borre Style interlaced knot motifs. Such brooches combine 'an Anglo-Saxon brooch form with a Scandinavian art style’ making them ‘true cultural hybrids reflecting a fusion of Scandinavian & Anglo-Saxon styles’ #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

It's Limoges season in York! This is our 3rd Limoges object of the year, this time a medieval figurative mount. Figurines like these were made to be mounted on enamelled crosses or reliquaries and are the most commonly found Limoges pieces. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

Brooches are the 2nd most commonly recorded Roman object after coins. There are a variety of types, many decorated with colourful enamel, like this plate brooch. The earliest dated examples are late 1st C though they are most common in the 2nd C. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

Queen Victoria was born #OTH in 1819. This bag seal was issued by Webb & Sons, English seed merchants from Wordsley, West Midlands. By the 1890's the company were appointed seedsmen to Queen Victoria & added a crown to their trademark. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

We don't just record metal finds here @ PAS & this lovely Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrowhead is one of a number of flint tools recently deposited with us. It has lost the central tang but is still a striking example of its type. #FindsFriday #FlintFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

Roman bracelets adapted into rings, like this example, are commonly seen in later 4th-mid-5th centuries AD with some examples from Saxon cemeteries. The number of examples recorded by the PAS suggests using one terminal end of the bracelet is common. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

King Charles I ascended the English throne #OTD in 1625. This hoard of 4 shillings dates to c.1628-1641. Many hoards including coins of Charles I were deposited in the early 1640's due to political instability during the English Civil War from 1642 to 1651. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

This lovely Roman button & loop fastener is Wild's Class II with similar in the Stanwick, Traprain Law & Middlebie hoards. They range from the 1st-2nd century AD & are thought to be a British Iron-Age tradition which survived into the 2nd century. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

This mount is one of a set from a processional cross. Each mount depicted an emblem of an evangelist, Eagle of St John, Ox of St Luke, lion of St Mark, & angel of St Matthew. They were produced in Limoges, Central France, in the 12th/13th centuries. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

This Roman bracelet with punched ring-and-dot decoration is complete making it a remarkable survival. The majority of Roman bracelets recorded with the PAS are fragmentary. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

Happy birthday to Constantine I who was born #OTD in AD 272 and who's coins could single-handedly keep the PAS in business. This nummus, minted in London, with a reverse type depicting the god Sol, the personification of the Sun, is a commonly recorded type. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

King Edward VI of England was crowned #OTD in 1547 following the death of his father Henry VIII. This shilling of Edward VI was issued in 1549 with a legend reading ‘The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life’ followed by the date 1549 in numerals MDXLIX. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

Love is a mystery and so is this recently recorded object; a possible love token or pendant in the shape of a heart complete with piercing arrow. We're not sure what it would originally have been part of but stylistically it appears medieval. #FindsFriday #Valentines finds.org.uk/database/art...

This is a Roman slide bolt lock. These formed part of a tumbler lock where the key teeth would slide into the bolt cut-outs & release the lock from underneath. As most lock fragments are copper-alloy it's likely they formed small locks for boxes & cupboards. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

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This head from a Corpus figure of Christ was likely attached to a cross & produced in the Limoges area in Central France. Around 1100 Limoges crosses & fragments made c.1150 & 1350 now survive representing c.1/10th those originally made (Campbell 2025: 35) #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

Headstud brooches, like this, are one of the most common, best-known & longest-lived types from Roman Britain. They're a native British type, probably manufactured by groups of travelling craftsfolk, & are most frequently found in the north of England. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

The title Augustus was given to Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate #OTD in 27BC making him the first Roman Emperor. This denarius of Augustus issued in 19-18 BC shows two laurel branches, the traditional symbols of victory. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

This Iron Age/Roman bovine mount is cast as bull’s head. It’s a Type 8b which is the most common of these vessel fittings, totalling c.40% of all known. They've a wide date range as we lack contextual evidence for them and cluster in the midlands and north. finds.org.uk/database/art... #FindsFriday

Next week is the 18th anniversary of the discovery of the Vale of York Hoard. It was acquired by the Yorkshire Museum where it is currently on display as part of the Viking North exhibition. Cake courtesy of Amy Downes, the recording FLO. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

This beautiful ring is inscribed with the names the three Magi, Jasper, Melchior & Balthazar. These names are often found on medieval jewellery & were considered to convey protective or magical qualities against sickness, particularly fever & epilepsy. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...