PAS 15 – Finds from Berkshire

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 Berkshire:

 

Images of finds found in Berkshire. Top row from left to right: an Iron Age buckle, a seal matrix with a stags head on it, front and back views of a Roman coin, a dress pin with openwork decoration. Bottom row from left to right: a silver dress hook, a brooch depicting a fish, a finger ring with clasped hands decoration.
A selection of finds from the county of Berkshire. Copyright: Portable Antiquities Scheme, Licence: CC-BY.

Iron Age strap fitting (SUR-1C54E3): a copper alloy strap fitting, possibly from a horse harness.

Medieval seal matrix (SUR-7BBE56): a copper alloy seal matrix depicting a stag’s head with cross between the antlers, which is the symbol of St. Hubert of Lieges.

Roman sestertius (BERK-FE5596): copper alloy sestertius of Trajan, with the Basilica Ulpia on the reverse.

Post-medieval dress pin (SUR-A19E13): a silver-gilt dress pin, used for pinning clothing such as veils.

Post-medieval hooked tag (BH-A61221): a silver-gilt hooked tag, used to fasten clothing.

Roman brooch (PUBLIC-D19098): a copper alloy and red enamel plate brooch depicting a fish.

Medieval silver ring (SUR-A6A0F4): a silver finger ring depicting a pair of clasped hands.