Record ID: HAMP-BB7646
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The upper half of a cast copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative brooch (possibly Dolphin type) dating to the 1st century AD. The pierced semicircular lug is situated below the wings with a possible second lug above which has abraded through. Nothing of the axis bar or spring mechanism survives. The wings curve shallowly downwards. They are seemingly plain, though corroded and abraded at one of the wing tips. The broken bow has a tall central ridge flanked by less pronounced ridges on either side. It is broadly semicircular in cross-section, having a flat lower surface. It tapers to…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-BA8127
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The leg and foot from a corroded cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch of probable 1st-century AD date. The triangular catch-plate survives well and has a sub-triangular perforation. The curved element which retains the pin is 15.5mm long, with abrasions at both ends. It is delineated by a longitudinal groove. The bow is broken just above the catch-plate; it can be seen to be broadly triangular in cross-section. The brooch has a variable mid-green patina.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-A6F525
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn and corroded possible copper-alloy coin: possibly a late 1st-century BC Iron Age unit of uncertain ruler, possibly Trinovantian (c. 30 BC - c. 10 AD; cf. Hobbs 1728ff.)
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-A2C8B4
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a post-medieval animal bell ('crotal') cast in copper alloy. It comes from the lower half of the bell, an area extending from one side of the sound slot, seen as a broadly straight edge. It is decorated with overlapping moulded semicircles forming a pattern known as 'fish scale'. The semicircles on the fish scale pattern decrease in size as they travel from the median seam end to the slot. The 'fish scale' decoration dates this crotal to the 16th or 17th centuries (Bailey 1995, 40-41; ref. 7), see also ref. HAMP-123118 on this database. It is now a light-grey colour …
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-CCDFC1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn and corroded late 17th-century copper-alloy post-medieval farthing of William III, London mint, dating to 1697 AD (Spink 3557)
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-CBBDF6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn and corroded 17th-century copper-alloy post-medieval farthing of Charles II, London mint (1672-1679 AD; Spink 3394)
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-CA13A8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An abraded base sherd possibly from a Roman vessel. It has an irregular shape. It is has a flat base with little sagging. One wall emerges at an angle of c. 140 degrees. The vessel has a light-grey interior but is an oxidised mid/light-orange colour on the internal surface, greyer on the base. It has fairly even shell tempering with some fragments up to c. 2.5mm long. It may be from the Roman kilns at Harrold, however a medieval date cannot be ruled out entirely.
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th April 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-BAB503
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
A body fragment from an early Roman wide cuff, flat bracelet. The fragment is broadly rectangular, broken at both ends, bent upwards slightly at one. It is fairly flat in profile, with a rectangular cross-section. The terminal is finished with bevelling to its lower surface. The upper surface is decorated longitudinally along the body featuring a pair of double incised lines picked out with regular diagonal nicks (cf. Stead and Rigby 1986, 126; ref. 166). These are off centre, with a further incised line towards one of the sides. At Baldock such broad bracelets were found in contexts …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2015
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Record ID: HAMP-BA55B6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn and corroded, bent and cracked 17th-century copper-alloy post-medieval rose farthing of Charles I, London mint (1636-1644 AD)
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 7th December 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-BA4955
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and damaged cast copper-alloy post-medieval double-looped buckle frame of rectangular form, incomplete in so far as it is missing its pin. The buckle is flat with bevelling to the upper surface internally and externally; the lower surface is flat and the pin bar therefore of trapezoidal cross-section. Viewed in profile the loops have been bent upwards at one corner dramatically; the pin bar has been bent downwards as well. Such buckles tend to be attributed a 16th-/17th-century date (see Whitehead 1996, 75). This artefact has corroded to a mid-green/brown colour with some p…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2011
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-B9C834
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An elaborate cast copper-alloy single-looped medieval buckle, incomplete in so far as it is missing its pin. The buckle is sub-rectangular in form. The pin bar is slightly narrowed and off set, internally and on the upper surface; the pin is missing. There is a small rectangular tab on the internal surface of the pin bar, possibly unfinished. The ends of the pin bar are moulded. The sides of the buckle expand gradually in thickness, from c. 4.5 to c. 6.6mm, until they meet the internal part of the elaborate outer edge. This latter is formed of a thickened, angled inner part with round…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-B924A7
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy openwork button of early post-medieval date (c. 16th century). The button consists of a hollow biconical head with a central integral shank that extends for 7.6mm. The shank expands slightly to a maximum width of 5.7mm at the rounded end through which it is perforated. The head has a small central pellet, radiating out from which the six ridges that form a cage with sub-triangular perforations between; these are echoed by six ridges on the lower half. The ridges on the upper half are decorated by a longitudinally incised line. A similar button can be found illustra…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-B88D51
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn and corroded 17th-century copper-alloy post-medieval rose farthing of Charles I, London mint (1636-1644 AD). This coin appears to have been perforated at the circumference for re-use as an item of jewellery; the hole has abraded through. The perforation is at broadly 12 o'clock on the obverse surface.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2011
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-B77F65
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn and corroded 4th-century copper-alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine, 'GLORIA EXERCITVS', first issue (two standards), uncertain mint (330-335 AD; Reece issue period 17)
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2011
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-B6C856
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn and corroded, probable irregular 3rd-century copper-alloy Roman radiate copying uncertain ruler, uncertain reverse and mint (c. 275 - c. 285 AD; probably Reece issue period 14)
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2011
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-FF0B51
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn and corroded copper-alloy Roman coin: either a 3rd-century radiate or 4th-century nummus of uncertain ruler, reverse and mint (260-402 AD)
Created on: Tuesday 1st November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-FEEAC0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn and corroded 4th-century copper-alloy Roman nummus of uncertain ruler, reverse and mint (306-402 AD). This coin has suffered a couple of circumferential losses.
Created on: Tuesday 1st November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-FE8241
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
A very worn and corroded, irregular 3rd-century copper-alloy Roman radiate of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14) probably [PAX AVG], Pax standing left with branch and vertical sceptre. Unattributed Mint. This coin has been considered for Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Tuesday 1st November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2016
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Record ID: HAMP-FD9E11
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and corroded, irregular 4th-century copper-alloy Roman nummus copying Crispus as Caesar, 'D N CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG', possibly Ticinum mint (c. 322 - c. 325 AD; Reece issue period 16; possibly R.I.C. 167 var.). Contemporary copies of Trier mint coins are known with this reverse legend variant; this possibility is not excluded.
Created on: Tuesday 1st November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-962B77
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 1st-century BC gold Iron Age 'X box' quarter stater of Addedomaros of the Catuvellauni/Trinovantes (c. 45 - c. 25 BC; Van Arsdell 1638; Hobbs 2422-2423)
Created on: Saturday 4th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 7th June 2011
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