Record ID: YORYM-520FF2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Trumpet brooch of Roman date. The reverse of the head is flat to accommodate the spring mechanism which is comprised of two wide lugs with a central axis bar and pin loop. The pin no longer remains. The head itself is trumpet shaped and tapers to form the upper bow which extends to a worn collar. Below the collar is a crude acanthus decoration which terminates in a worn break. The metal has a dark greenish-black patina and is worn. The brooch is 31.8mm long, 16.7mm wide, 7.8mm thick and weighs 6.4g. Similar examples are illustrated in Hattatt, p.326,…
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 24th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Askham Richard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-509A22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE: 2012 T356 A medieval brooch with a circular frame and a recess to accommodate a pin. The pin has a grooved collar and is bent out of shape at about a 90 degree angle. The brooch is silver and dates from the thirteenth century. Dimensions: diameter 15 mm. J P Robinson Curator of Medieval Collections 9th August 2012 Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 15th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-506705
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Trumpet brooch of Roman date. The reverse of the head is concave to accommodate the spring mechanism which is comprised of an internal chord with seven turns of the spring. The pin no longer remains. The head itself is trumpet shaped and tapers to form the upper bow which extends to a circumferential collar. Below the collar is an elaborate acanthus decoration followed by a second circumferential collar. Extending down from the lower collar is a circular sectioned lower bow which terminates in a worn break. The worn remains of the catchplate project fro…
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 24th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fangfoss', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-506558
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman Period, copper alloy axe plate brooch, possibly of Lugged Disk Type, measuring 19.97mm long, 12.2mm wide, and 1.98mm thick. The brooch weighs 0.99g and is decorated with 3 cells. The object is sub rectangular in shape and illustrates the head of an axe. Three cells decorate the object, the first is green in colour and runs along the base of the head before curving into the blade. The second cell is red and linear in nature running along the top of the axe, while part of a third cell is visible at the very top of the axe, being linear and continuing beyond the piece. Tinning…
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bosworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-4F5241
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Trumpet derivative brooch of Roman date. The head of the brooch is semi-circular with short, worn knops projecting from each corner. A third knop at the top of the curved edge marks the remains of the attachment loop which no longer survives. A D-shaped sectioned bow extends out from the head at a 90 degree angle before turn sharply downwards again at 90 degrees. An ovoid flange extends from the bottom of the remaining section of bow creating a stepped effect when the brooch is viewed in profile. An area of blue enamel survives on the head and traces of…
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 24th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hotham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-4F4BA1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman period copper alloy probably of a Hippocampus facing right; 20.61mm long, 13.70mm wide, and 4.12mm thick. The brooch weighs 1.21g and is similar to that of no.1417 in Hattatt's Visual Catalogue figure 222. The brooch is sub rectangular in form and rectangular in section. The overall shape is a curved tapering plate, resembling the letter J with a small rectangular protrusion on the outer side of the curve which represents the start of a limb. There is no sign of decoration on the object itself. The reverse portion of the brooch consists of a copper alloy spring and catch…
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 30th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bosworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-4F2C65
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a medieval copper alloy annular plate brooch frame with an inscription on one side reading +IhESVS and on the other AGRACIA (the complete inscriptions would be + IhESVS NAZARENVS and AVE MARIA GRACIA PLENA or similar). The inscription is of stylised, wide lombardic lettering, separated by incised hatching of fine parallel lines. Linear borders run along the inner and outer edges of the frame. Very similar brooches have been recorded on the PAS database - see NMS-185F14, SWYOR-490007 and LON-BOE896. These vary only in the details of the inscription, such as spellings and ab…
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 17th May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-4E1F48
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman brooch. The head and upper part of the bow are missing, having been lost in antiquity. The remaining part of the bow consists of a short, parallel-sided curve. A transverse ridge at it base marks the transition between the bow and a sub-triangular footplate, which has a circular perforation close to each point, presumably for the addition of a further, now missing, element. On the reverse of the footplate is the unperforated catchplate, which extends upwards from the horizontal bottom side and has a rolled top edge. Dimensions: 34.1mm long, up to 1…
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Therfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4D6206
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy Middle Saxon ansate brooch. It is incomplete with one terminal and the bow, the rest missing due to old breaks. The terminal is leaf-shaped and flat with three pellet in circles on each edge. The bow is rectangular and is decorated with four longitudinal ribs. Part of the catchplate survives on the rear of the terminal. This is sub-triangular in shape and flat in section and begins to curve over at the top. It measures 33.00mm in length, 7.89mm in width across the bow, 17.01mm in width across the terminal, 3.02mm in thickness and weighs 4.60g. Compare FAKL-1A4246.
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 23rd March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Akenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4D4692
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy cruciform brooch of Anglo-Saxon date. Only the foot survives, the remainder of the brooch now missing due to old breaks. The foot of the brooch is d-shaped in section with a moulded front face that has a zoomorphic terminal in the form of a horses head. At the top of the terminal is the beginning of the bow but the rest is missing. Below this are four transverse collars, the lowest of which has a descending longitudinal rib between it and the end of the brooch. Either side of this rib, just below the fourth collar are triangular projections forming the…
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 17th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Akenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-4D0AB3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy penannular brooch of Roman date. The frame is sub-oval in plan, the end with the terminals being almost straight. It is of circular section, gradually widening at the two opposing terminals, each of which is deeply grooved, creating three joined discs, the inner two of which have toothed edges. The pin has been made from a flattened length of copper-alloy wire, loosely looped around the frame and tapering to a point. The brooch survives in good condition, with no discernible wear or corrosion. Dimensions: 28.1mm wide, 27.3mm high, 6.5mm thick at the terminals. Weigh…
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bledlow cum Saunderton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-4D0995
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy zoomorphic (horse and rider) plate brooch. It is 27.81mm long, 19.92mm wide, and 6.4mm thick. The brooch weighs 2.9g and is decorated with 4 cells, two of which contain enamel. The brooch is sub rectangular in form and rectangular in section; with three protrusions which form the fore and hind limbs of the horse as sub rectangular; and its head and neck as one square protrusion. The brooch shows the majority of the horse with a small sub rectangular shape representing the lowest part of the rider. The horse portion of the brooch is decorated with 4 cells; th…
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 29th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bosworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-4CFBF7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy plate brooch of Roman date. The brooch is ovate in plan with a raised central oval setting for paste or a glass gem which no longer remain. The rim around the central oval is decorated with a series of sinuate line and gilding. The pin lug with roughly half of the coils for the pin and a worn catchplate remain on the reverse of the brooch at opposing points on the longitudinal axis. The pin proper no longer remains. The metal has a mid brownish-green colour and is worn. The brooch is 26mm long, 17.7mm wide, 8.3mm thick and weighs 4.2g. Similar example…
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 24th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hotham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-3D89D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast gilded copper-alloy cast saucer brooch of early Anglo-Saxon date, dating from circa AD 450 to 550. The remains of the brooch show that the front surface was decorated with a moulded 'running spirals' design. Some of the gilding has abraded away, exposing a black surface. Elsewhere patches of green copper corrosion are visible. On the reverse the remains of the broken hinge for the pin, or possibly the catchplate, are visible. The brooch fragment measures 23.64 mm long, 17.07 mm wide, 1.89 mm thick and weighs 2.2 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-3C0125
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy Roman disc brooch. It is missing part of its outer edges, pin, outer edge of the catchplate and some of the enamelling due to old breaks. The brooch is flat, circular in form with enamelled decoration on the front face of the plate. This comprises a central circular field containing four sub-triangular fields at the compass points with smaller sub-triangular fields between these, all filled with blue enamel. Central to these are two concentric circles, the inner being enamleed, the outer not. All this decoration is surrounded by a border. The outer edge has a solid…
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 17th May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-3BA785
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy trumpet brooch dating from the early Roman period, that is c. AD75-175. The brooch is incomplete and very worn with pin, pin rest and spring missing. It look as if the spring and pin had been made from iron: there is iron residue around the axis bar. Maybe the axis bar itself was made from iron. The internal axis bar loop and brooch boy were made from cast copper alloy with a trumpet-shaped head covering the axis bar and spring and a curved body which is decorated with moulded decoration. Even though very worn it is still identifiable: the middle of the bow was decor…
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penrith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-3B02D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy fragment from a large Roman bow brooch of two part Colchester type. The side wings have a series of shallow roll mouldings. The lower part of the bow is missing but the chord and spring survive.
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-3AFCE1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Hod Hill type of Roman copper alloy bow brooch; measuring 20.22mm in length, 9.39mm in width, 2.69mm in depth, and weighing 1.19g. All that remains of this brooch is the uppermost, right-hand part. This consists of a sub-rectangular extension angled out to the right, atop a curved length of the upper plate of the brooch. The reverse of this fragment bears a few incised lines but no obvious evidence of the pinning mechanism itself.
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bosworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-3A7A86
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The upper section of a crossbow variant of Roman copper alloy bow brooches; measuring 27.81mm in length, 24.11mm in width, 6.17mm in depth, and weighing 3.57g. The brooch is similar to 101 of fig. 227 in A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches. The bow of the brooch is rectangular in section and relatively plain. The three 'arms' of the brooch are also rectangular, but end with circular protrusions separated from the rest of the 'arm' by a raised collar followed by an indented band at the base of the circular protrusions. The reverse of this brooch has a circula…
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 30th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bosworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-3A4F44
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy plate brooch. The plate is crescentic, its upper surface decorated with three bands of sub-triangular cells, a few of which retain traces of dark blue insets. The convex upper side is scalloped and there is an incomplete chain-loop at the apex. On the reverse, the positions of the hinge and catchplate indicate that the pin would have been aligned on the longest axis of the brooch. The hinge consists of two right-angled lugs, between which is the remaining pin loop. The catchplate is formed of a single right-angled lug, its top rolled over. Dimensions: 29.7mm l…
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bledlow cum Saunderton', grid reference and parish protected.