Record ID: WAW-F8CC27
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman denarius of Hadrian (AD 117-138), dating to the period c.AD 119-122 (Reece Period 6). P M TR P COS III reverse type depicting Fortuna, draped, standing left, holding rudder on ground in right hand and cornucopiae in left. Mint of Rome. As RIC Vol. II, no. 86b.
Created on: Thursday 10th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 7th April 2020
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Record ID: WAW-B42263
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Galerius (AD 293-311), dating to the period c.AD 303-305 (Reece period 15). GENIO POPVLI ROMANI reverse type depicting Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae. Mint of Trier. As RIC VI, p. 200, No. 594b.
Created on: Monday 7th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 8th October 2019
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Record ID: WAW-21564C
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to Roman (mid 1st to 2nd centuries) button-loop fastener: The copper alloy fastener has been a cast and has a sub-circular frame which is slightly bent through damage. On the reverse, off-set there is a protection which is a V-shape and originally would have formed a loop to attach the fastener. The surface of the fastener has traces of a light blue-green patina with patches of pitting and abrasion. The fastener measures 24.35mm long and is 20.67mm wide and 8.68mm thick. It weighs 4.17g. This is a Wild (1970) Class II with a circular frame. Button and loop faste…
Created on: Monday 30th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 3rd October 2019
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Record ID: WAW-208BFD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman Republican denarius of the moneyer P. Crepusius, dating to the period c.82 BC (Reece period 1). [P.CREPVSI] reverse type depicting a horseman brandishing a spear right. Mint of Rome. As Crawford (RRC), p. 375, no. 361/1
Created on: Monday 30th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: WAW-804932
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman (AD c. 50-200) Initial T-shaped brooch (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, The Hinged Pin, Type 5c, Plate 58); The copper-alloy brooch has a cylindrical crossbar which has a central slot on the reverse to allow the pin to be hinged. Within the cross bar there is a copper alloy axis bar on which the pin is pivoted. The pin is fragmentary. The wings are undecorated. The bow protrudes from the centre of the cross bar and is flat on the upper edge and is sub-triangular in section. In profile the the bow is almost vertical. The lower portion of the bow is broken, but not recently. The bow is dec…
Created on: Monday 5th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 19th August 2019
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Record ID: WAW-9C7A44
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4a-b, Plate 46 AD c. 75-200). The copper alloy brooch has semi-cylindrical wings with incomplete perforated wing caps. The wings are undecorated and the caps are wider than the wings. The axis bar, spring and pin are missing. At the centre of the upper edge of the wings/bow head there is a trace of a hook. The bowhead is hump-like in profile with a moulding on either side. The head is undecorated. The bow is oval in section and tapers to a broken, blunt point just below the wings. The surface of the brooc…
Created on: Monday 1st July 2019
Last updated: Friday 16th June 2023
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Record ID: WAW-098017
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4k, Plate 48, AD c. 240-400). The copper alloy brooch has semi-cylindrical wings with perforated wing caps. The edges of the caps are decorated with obliquely anged grooves. The iron axis bar has a copper alloy spring coiled around it ten times. At the centre of the upper edge of the wings/bow head there is a hook supporting the chord. The bowhead is hump-like in profile with a moulding on either side which is decorated with radiating grooves. The head is decorated with a vertical rectangular cell. Above t…
Created on: Monday 24th June 2019
Last updated: Friday 16th June 2023
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Record ID: WAW-0916D3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.a-4.b, Plate 46, AD c. 50-400). The copper alloy brooch has semi-cylindrical wings with perforated wing caps which are winder than the wings. The wings are undecorated. The axis bar is iron and the copper alloy spring forms nine coils, the pin is missing. At the centre of the upper edge of the wings/bow head there is a hook supporting the chord. The bowhead is hump-like in profile with a moulding on either side. The head and bow is undecorated. The bow is semi-circular in section and tapers to a bulbous…
Created on: Monday 24th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 27th June 2019
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Record ID: WAW-79AB5C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman (1st to 2nd century) finger ring of Henig type XII. The copper alloy finger ring, which has been cast, has a horizontal oval cell bezel. The cell has traces of the original filling which appears to be a black ceramic substance, which may be a type of adhesive. The shoulders are decorated forming a pointed oval around the cell and tapers towards the loop, of which only a small portion remains. The breaks of the loop are not too recent. The loop has an oval section. The surface of the ring has a matte corroded, mid green colour. It measures 23.04mm long across the hoop terminal…
Created on: Monday 17th June 2019
Last updated: Friday 28th June 2019
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Record ID: WAW-5186D7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman ceramic vessel: A fragment of an abraded Roman oxidised fine ware; Samian hemispherical bowl, perhaps form 37 or 38. The fabric has a mid orange colour with a glossy dark red slip. The fragment bowl is undecorated. The sherd weighs 4.32g. Samian was exported to the UK during the mid 1st to mid 3rd century.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
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Record ID: WAW-5173B1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A body sherd of a wheel thrown ceramic vessel of a Romano-British reduced grey ware. The thickness of the vessel wall, 12.58mm thick, suggests it was a storage jar. The sherd weighs 111.64g. Sherd specific details: Fabric type: Reduced Ware Firing condition: unoxidised exterior,grey coloured core, unoxidised interior. Hardness: Hard Surface treatment: n/a Surface texture: Smooth. Inclusions: Light grey coloured grits/stone. Condition of sherds: Not abraded.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
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Record ID: WAW-2AC6C9
Object type: HOB NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Published
Roman (c.AD 43 to 409) iron hob nail: It has a hemi-sperical head and a square incomplete shank. It measures 11.78mm, 9.17mm and weighs 0.65g. Hobnails were used in Roman footwear, boots and sandals (caligae) were made from three main pieces of leather, the upper sole, lamina and the insole, all three layers were clenched together with hobnails, frequently arranged in patterns, some of which were created to facilitate comfortable walking (Bishop and Coulston: 1993). At Usk (Driel- Murray in Mattingley 1995) very similar hobnails and the pattern which were created with them are illu…
Created on: Monday 20th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 21st May 2019
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Record ID: WAW-592D3A
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The ear ring is made of sheet gold and appears to have been originally cylindrical which tapers slightly to the upper edge. The ear ring or pendant is now crumpled and incomplete as the means of suspension is missing. The outer face is decorated with a repeating motif of a high-relief pellet with a small triangle above, both within a high-relief droplet shaped border. The lower edge of the earring is decorated with a band of low-relief cross-hatching. The upper edge is particularly crumpled, but may be decorated with a single ridge. The object is either an ear ring or pendant dat…
Created on: Friday 10th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
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Record ID: WAW-0767D0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman (mid 1st to 3rd century) mount or stud: The mount has a shaft with a decorative head at one terminal. The shaft is oval in section and in profile is slightly bent. It terminates with a blunt point which doesn't appear to be broken. The head of the mount is a moulded, circular head, inverted conical which is integral to the shaft. The base of the conical, which forms the outer face is hollow except for a narrow, integral, tubular element protruding from the centre. The edge of the conical, on the interior has a flanged rim. On the exterior the conical is truncated with a straight…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 10th June 2020
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Record ID: WAW-76C619
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman (Mid 1st-2nd century AD) nail cleaner: The copper alloy nail cleaner is incomplete, but consists of a an inverted drop-shaped body with an integral loop on the upper edge. The loop is fragmentary. loop at apex for suspension, bead and reel mouldings at junction, and the inverted drop blade which has concave sides and a broken lower edge. The break is probably recent. The surface of the nail cleaner has a light grey/green abraded patina. The body is decorated on both faces with a low-relief ring and dot motif. The lower portion of the nail cleaner tapers to a narrow point which h…
Created on: Friday 5th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 26th August 2020
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Record ID: WAW-75779E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4a-b, Plate 46 AD c. 75-200). The copper alloy brooch has semi-cylindrical wings with perforated wing caps. Only one in complete wing remains which is undecorated. The axis bar, spring and pin are missing. At the centre of the upper edge of the wings/bow head there is a trace of a hook. The bowhead is hump-like in profile with a moulding on either side. The head is undecorated. The bow is oval in section and tapers to a broken, blunt point just above the foot. The surface of the brooch has an incomplet…
Created on: Friday 5th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2019
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Record ID: WAW-F0C1FE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4, flat wing ends type), c.f. Mackreth Type 4.i. Plate 47, AD c. 80-240. The copper alloy brooch has a semi-cylindrical wings decorated with a vertical groove at the outer terminals. Both upper edges of the wings show are incomplete. The axis bar, spring and pin are all missing. At the centre of the upper edge of the wings there is a trace of an integral hook. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and is decorated with a moulding on either side. The head is undecorated but from the bow there is a vertical r…
Created on: Thursday 21st February 2019
Last updated: Friday 22nd February 2019
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Record ID: WAW-1738ED
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackkreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5d1 plain wings, c.f. Mackreth Type 5d1, Plate 51, AD c. 150-175. The copper alloy brooch has semi-cylindrical undecorated wings with incompklete, perforated wing caps. The copper alloy axis bar, spring and pin are missing. At the centre of the upper edge of the wings there is a trace of an integral , perforated lug. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and is undecorated, although there is a recent scuff mark on it. There are no mouldings on the side of the bow head. The bow is sub semi-circular in secti…
Created on: Monday 11th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
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Record ID: WAW-15D0DA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A corroded silver denarius, probably of Commodus (AD 175-192), dating to the period c.181-192 (Reece period 9). Unclear reverse type, probably depicting Felicitas standing left holding caduceus(?) and cornucopiae. Mint of Rome. cf. RIC III, no. 15 passim for the possible reverse type.
Created on: Monday 11th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 12th February 2019
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Record ID: WAW-DA12CF
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman (1st to 4th centuries) copper-alloy hair pin: The head of the pin is bulbous with a slightly flattened head and has a cordon underneath with a flat base where the shaft of the pin protrudes. The shaft is circular in section and tapers to a broken point, which is not recent. The pin has a light green patina. It measures 8.39mm long 8.15mm diameter and weighs 1.65g. The pin is probably Roman and fits into Cool's classification as Group 2 type which is found throughout the Roman period. Cool, H. 1990 'Roman Metal Hair Pins From Southern Britain' Archaeological Journal…
Created on: Friday 8th February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 30th May 2019
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