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Bead | LIN-E8CCA3 |
Roman | Lincolnshire |
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| A possible copper-alloy bead, or perhaps a ferrule from a knife. The object is circular in plan and D-shaped in cross-section. The surface is undecorated. Possibly Roman in date. | |||||
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Bead | HAMP-88BA62 |
Roman | Hampshire |
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| An annular bead cast in copper alloy of possible Roman date (Int. dia.: 4.7mm). The bead is biconvex in form with flat top and bottom. The artefact is plain, and has corroded to a dull light-green colour with some pitting. | |||||
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Bead | DUR-E25944 |
Roman | Cleveland |
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| A blue glass bead that is either Roman or Anglo Saxon in date. The bead is circular in plan with a central cylindrical perforation. The bead is in good condition apart from general wear and tear. It weighs 0.7g and measures 9.18mm in diameter and 6.60mm in height. The tentative date for the objec... | |||||
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Bead | KENT-E11481 |
Roman | Kent |
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| An opaque light blue glass bead, probably of Roman to Early Medieval date. It is annular in plan and circular in section. It is complete with no breaks, and in good condition. There are visible striations from manufacture on the interior of the perforation. It measures 7.14 mm L x 9.26 mm DIA... | |||||
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Bead | LEIC-B7B7F3 |
Roman | Nottinghamshire |
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| Roman or early medieval? glass bead, 20mm in diameter and 10mm wide. The object is in fair condition and weighs 3.86grams. It has an irregular circular form with a circular section and irregular sub-triangular void, 8mm across. It is made from dark cobalt blue glass and has a small chip missing ... | |||||
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Bead | NMS-3B5258 |
Roman | Norfolk |
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| Silver or white-metal possible bead of possible Roman date. Both ends are markedly concave, and the cross-section is irregularly hexagonal externally. There is engraved decoration on three faces, one broad flanked two narrow, consisting of five rows of short lines aligned obliquely in alternate d... | |||||
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Bead | HESH-2A5F00 |
Roman | Herefordshire |
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| Fragment of a mid-blue coloured glass melon bead of Roman date (50-200 AD). The bead is irregular in plan and cross section. Originally it would have been a sub-oval shape in plan with a central hole. The outer edge / exterior surface of the bead is smooth and a lighter milky blue colour. There i... | |||||
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Bead | NMS-277381 |
Roman | Norfolk |
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| A Roman opaque blue glass bead, circular, with convex side, pierced, slightly concave around the piercing on either face, and decorated using simple glass melt with three equidistant sub-circular eyes formed from red dots on white, flush with the surface. Guido's Class 3 (1978, 49). c. 1st centur... | |||||
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Bead | SUR-13E2E2 |
Roman | Surrey |
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| A mid blue glass bead with an uneven internal face. The bead is probably Roman. | |||||
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Bead | NCL-975FC2 |
Roman | Northumberland |
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| A blue glass bead of Roman date, c. 43-250. The bead is cylindrical with a circular perforation through its centre that has broken in half (vertically). The glass is relatively good quality, with some bubbles visible internally when held up to light, and retains a strong blue colour despite the t... | |||||
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Bead | NCL-975803 |
Roman | Northumberland |
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| A blue glass bead of Roman date, c. 43-250. The bead is cylindrical with a circular perforation through its centre. The glass is relatively good quality, with some bubbles visible internally when held up to light, and retains a strong blue colour despite the transparency of the glass. | |||||
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Bead | YORYM-8221B1 |
Roman | North Yorkshire |
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| An incomplete glass bead of probable Roman date. The bead is circular in plan with a central perforation. The glass is a mid blue colour and survives in good condition though roughly 1/3 has been lost to an old break. The bead is 9.1mm in diameter, 7.1mm thick and weighs 0.6g. Glass beads are ver... | |||||
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Bead | SWYOR-B05A76 |
Roman | South Yorkshire |
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| Half of a glass bead which is opaque, grey blue in colour and of uncertain date, possibly Roman. The bead was sub-spherical but has broken, only one half surviving. It has circumferential lines round it, probably indicating it was made by trailing and then rolling. Some of the swirls are differen... | |||||
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Bead | SWYOR-E298D2 |
Roman | West Yorkshire |
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| A hand made glass bead, possibly of Roman date, AD43-410. It is of an opaque, grey-blue glass and in shape is an oblate spheroid. One end is slightly misshapen and there are faint lines circling the bead, suggesting that it was made using the trailing process. There is a circular perforation thro... | |||||
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Bead | SWYOR-BBC723 |
Roman | South Yorkshire |
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| A glass bead of probable Roman date. It is made from clear, very pale blue glass with many small bubbles visible. It was trailed round a rod to make the annular bead. The spiral pattern can be seen in the glass. The central hole has a diameter of 5mm and has straight sides with striations probabl... | |||||
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Bead | BERK-6C6D05 |
Roman | Oxfordshire |
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| A glass bead in a light-blue coloured glass. Probably Roman or more likely Anglo-Saxon in origin. The bead has a D-shaped cross section and is sub-oval in plan. There is an oval hole through the middle of the bead, which has suffered some chipping and other damage to its surface. | |||||
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Bead | BERK-6F9BF3 |
Roman | Oxfordshire |
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| A blue glass bead, probably Roman or Anglo-Saxon in origin. The bead has a D-shaped cross section and is sub-circular in plan. There is an off-centre hole through the middle and multiple lines around the outer circumference of the bead, although this appears to be a result of the manufacturing pr... | |||||
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Bead | KENT-2FAF11 |
Roman | Somerset |
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| A fragment of a blue faience melon bead of probable Roman date. The bead is an extended annular shape with centre regular hole; the bead has been constructed by trailing glass, which can be seen in the interior of the hole. The surface of the bead has been decorated with 9 indented linear grooves... | |||||
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Bead | SWYOR-A31514 |
Roman | West Yorkshire |
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| A sub-spherical bead of dark purple glass. It is difficult to date with any accuracy, as beads of this style were used from the Iron Age until the medieval period and beyond, but this example is probably Roman, dating from the first to fourth centuries AD. It is sub-spherical with flattened ends... | |||||
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Bead | PUBLIC-7E1294 |
Roman | Vale Of Glamorgan |
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| Glass bead, probably of Roman date, c. mid 1st century AD to late 4th century The bead is of plain annular type and is incomplete, represented by one half (with a diameter of 12.8mm, a thickness of 7.9mm and a weight of 1.2g). The central perforation is circular and parallel sided (with a diamet... | |||||
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Bead | SUR-9B4907 |
Roman | Surrey |
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| An uneven, mid blue transparent glass bead, probably of Roman date. The bead has a hole measuring 6.61mm in diameter and has a flat internal face. | |||||
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Bead | SUR-073844 |
Roman | Surrey |
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| A transparent pale blue slightly oval bead, probably of Roman date, made from bubbly glass. | |||||
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Bead | SUR-0EB9E4 |
Roman | Surrey |
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| A Roman light blue translucent glass bead of uneven width. The hole is 5.43mm in diameter. | |||||
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Bead | SUR-0EAD67 |
Roman | Surrey |
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| A Roman blue glass bead with white zigzag trails and a hole 6.10mm in diameter. The bead was found adjacent to a fragment of Samian pottery. | |||||
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Bead | LEIC-4CB765 |
Roman | Leicestershire |
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| A glass bead of uncertain date, probably Roman or Early Medieval. It is roughly of circular shape with a large eye in the middle. The object is in good condition, with no obvious damage to its surface, and its colour can be described as blue to turquoise. Thickness: 7mm; Diameter: 10mm; Weight: 0... | |||||
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Bead | BERK-FA7038 |
Roman | Warwickshire |
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| A blue glass bead, dating from the Roman period. The bead is roughly circular and has the remains of thin copper wire through the bead's central perforation. Although often hard to date closely as beads of this type were used into the Saxon period, this bead comes from a known Roman site and was ... | |||||
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Bead | LANCUM-517458 |
Roman | Cumbria |
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| Blue glass bead dating from the early Roman period, i.e. AD 43-200. It is a melon type bead made from dark blue translucent glass. The perforation is circular and the outside decorated with vertical grooves. The cross-section is floral. It is in very good condition. Crummy writes: "These beads [=... | |||||
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Bead | IOW-572185 |
Roman | Isle Of Wight |
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| A Roman to Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) glass 'sunflower' bead. Probably a 4th or 5th century Continental import. This bead is circular in plan. It is convex on the upper face and largely flat on the lower face. However, the lower face undulates slightly in places. The main part is very dark, al... | |||||
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Bead | YORYM-6B7547 |
Roman | North Yorkshire |
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| A complete glass bead of Roman date. The bead is dodecahedral with 12 diamond-shaped facets. A central cylindrical hole runs the length of the bead. All 12 faces are undecorated. The bead is 9.5mm in height, 7.7mm wide and weighs 1g. | |||||
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Bead | PUBLIC-CEAE35 |
Roman | Bedfordshire |
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| A complete opaque blue glass spherical bead. It measures 9.03mm in diameter by 7.95mm in thickness and the hole is 1.97mm wide. The bead weights 0.8 grams. It was found in an area with finds ranging in date from the iron age to medieval. Jennifer Jackson believes this is a Roman bead, similar ... | |||||

