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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This silver penny of Edward I is an Irish issue dating to c.AD 1279 - 1302 from the mint of Waterford. Irish coins of this period are easily distinguished from English issues by the triangle on the obverse within which the kings bust sits. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/pas/recorded...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This Roman radiate is of Marius who ruled for a brief period in AD 269. The reverse depicts clasped hands & the legend CONCORDIA MILITVM which translates to "harmony with the soldiers" or "unity of the army". #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/pas/recorded...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Strap ends are common Early-Medieval finds classified into different types. This is a ‘Wooperton-type’, featuring two serpentine beasts, whose distribution is suggestive of a workshop in York with most found within a 100-km radius of the city. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/pas/recorded...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This spout shaped like a seated lion or dog is from a ewer, a vessel used to hold water for hand washing. Normally paired with basins they emerged in the 14th century with forms diversifying in the 15th to include elaborate zoomorphic forms. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/pas/recorded...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This Early-Medieval penannular brooch type is found across west & north Britain, with concentrations around the Severn estuary, South Wales & Midlands. This links to a smaller set in Yorkshire/Lincolnshire, by a scatter from south-west to north-east. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/pas/recorded...

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yorym-fla.bsky.social @yorym-fla.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This is a dumbbell type toggle from the late Iron Age to Roman period. These toggles are a fairly common find and numerous examples have been recorded on the PAS database. They may have been used to fasten heavy garments, cloaks and straps. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/pas/recorded-find/YORYM-980A79

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Most coins we record are fairly standard but I didn't have the right books for this one! It's a medieval Continental Dutch penny, issued by Floris V, Count of Holland c.AD 1256-1296 from the mint of Dordrecht. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/pas/recorded...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This 17th century trade token was issued by Thomas Corbit, a wine merchant in Bridlington, East Yorkshire. Trade tokens were issued between 1648 and 1673 at a time when there was little low denomination coinage being issued by the crown. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/pas/recorded...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This is part of a perpetual calendar, a pocket-sized portable token used to calculate weekdays, moon phases, Easter, & feast days under the Julian calendar system. These tokens often became obsolete after 1752 due to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/pas/recorded...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Continental sterling imitation pennies can be confusing as they look very similar to English coins. This, issued by Arnold V of Looz, has no crown & different inscriptions, which distinguish it from English pennies, but it's still easy to mistake for one. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/pas/recorded...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

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

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

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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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

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

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

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...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

This spoon terminal depicts Mary & baby Jesus. It's from a set of Apostle Spoons which would include all twelve Apostles, & Jesus or Mary. They were commonly given as Christening gifts & made from silver, with cheaper pewter or copper examples also known. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Absolutely over the moon that the York MeRit Project was picked as runner up in the award for Engagement and Collaboration by the Society of Museum Archaeology. I'm super proud of this one and all the people who made it happen. socmusarch.org.uk/conference/

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

The is one half of a Roman cosmetic set. It is a mortar which would have paired with a pestle & used for grinding small quantities of powders for cosmetic or medicinal use. They are thought to be a British phenomenon with origin in the pre-Roman Iron Age. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

This is a somewhat squashed Roman penannular brooch. This distribution of this type of brooch focuses on Roman military sites & by towns. The use of humped pins is concentrated in the north of Britain. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

This Iron Age/Roman enamelled stud may once have decorated the hilt of a sword. Red glass, coral & stone features in a range of weapons as well as chariot fittings, pendants & brooches. Chequerboard enamel is also seen on Roman button & loop fasteners. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

This is a shilling of William III. These are often found worn smooth & bent into an S-shape & interpreted as love tokens but their significance is not understood, Traditional 'love tokens' were inscribed with a name, but most of these coins are uninscribed. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

These are often mistaken for Early-Medieval pins but they are medieval strap ends. Only one published example is known from a 14th-15th-century context in Hartlepool. Some feature a terminal cross as on 13th-14th-century strap-ends. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

This lovely gold coin is an Ecu d'or au Soleil du Dauphine of Francis I of France dating to c.AD 1515 - 1528. The reverse depicts the quartered field of France-Dauphiné, under a sun. It was minted in Crémieu, southeastern France. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

An excellent and detailed thread from @trixranderson.bsky.social on the discovery of a wonderful assemblage which shows what can be achieved when detectorists and archaeologists work together.

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Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

This 13th century seal matrix depicts a bird surrounded by a Latin legend which reads [FRA]NGE LEGGE TE[GE] and translates to ‘Break, read, conceal’. Most medieval matrices were made of metal, but ivory, like this example, jet, and soapstone are also known. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

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