PAS 15 – Finds from Bedfordshire

Posted on by Lauren Speed

This year marks 15 years of the Portable Antiquities Scheme as a national scheme. Throughout the year we’ll be celebrating finds from each county – a find a day for the whole year! Here are the finds we’ve chosen from Bedfordshire:

Image of 7 finds. Top row left to right are a seal matrix, a Roman buckle with horses on it, a gold Iron Age coin, a flint blade. Middle row: a circular medieval brooch, a Roman ring with an orange stone set into it. Bottom row: four views of a Roman pottery vessel.
A selection of finds from the county of Bedfordshire. Copyright: Portable Antiquities Scheme, Licence: CC-BY.

Roman finger ring (BH-737CD3): a silver ring complete with intaglio depicting the Roman goddess Fortuna.

Medieval seal matrix (BH-5B8C07): a seal matrix made from lead, which reads “Simon the Knight”.

Roman/Early medieval buckle (LEIC-AE8085): a copper alloy belt buckle depicting two horses above two dolphins.

Roman vessel (BH-C0C3F7): an almost complete pottery vessel, identified as an infant’s feeding cup.

Mesolithic flint blade (BH-138112): a flint blade showing signs of retouching along both edges.

Medieval brooch (BH-457F21): a silver open-frame brooch complete with pin.

Iron Age stater (CAM-C9EF88): a gold Iron Age stater of Andoco.