Record ID: OXON-BCD867
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete wrought iron nail of Roman date. The iron T-shaped in profile and has a long, tapering square-sectioned shank. One arm of the head cross bar is longer than the other. Similar nails have been illustrated by Manning (1974), and this would fit into his Class 1b. A similar object was recovered from a secure archaeological context dating to the fourth century AD (see BERK-D3B958).
Created on: Sunday 3rd March 2019
Last updated: Sunday 3rd March 2019
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Record ID: OXON-BCA5ED
Object type: HOE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete iron tool of possible Late Iron Age or Roman date. The object has an uneven crescentic blade with rounded shoulders. The open socket of the tool has a rivet hole for securing the handle in place, and iron corrosion adheres to the area around the blade and socket junction. The blade has been worn down to its current shape through use. This tool may be an axe or adze but also possibly a hoe. The open socket is characteristic of pre-medieval tools. Similar examples of this database include NLM-B747A1 (hoe) and SWYOR-25D974 (socketed axe). Check Catalogue of Romano-British…
Created on: Sunday 3rd March 2019
Last updated: Sunday 3rd March 2019
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Record ID: OXON-BBEEC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete and well preserved cast copper alloy Roman Hod Hill style brooch, dating to the period AD 63-65. The brooch has tubular wings with an iron axis bar to take the hinged pin. The pin is missing and iron corrosion surrounds the wings. The bow of the brooch has sets of three horizontal ribs above and below the side lugs. Between the terminals of the side lugs is a rectangular panel with vertical linear decoration of degraded enamel. The foot of the brooch has an expanded, rounded knop terminal and the catch plate on the reverse is missing the hooked section. Traces of a whi…
Created on: Sunday 3rd March 2019
Last updated: Sunday 3rd March 2019
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Record ID: OXON-BB6AA3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman silver denarius of Julia Domna (AD 193-217), dating to the period c. AD 194. Reece Period 10. VENERI VICTR reverse type depicting Venus standing right, naked to waist, leaning on column to left, holding palm and apple. The legend on the reverse of this coin does not match the standard type, reading VENERI VICRT. cf. RIC 536.
Created on: Sunday 3rd March 2019
Last updated: Sunday 3rd March 2019
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Record ID: OXON-BB33D1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A worn copper-alloy Roman possible dupondius of Hadrian (AD 117-138), dating to the period c.AD 117-138 (Reece period 6). Illegible reverse type. Mint of Rome.
Created on: Sunday 3rd March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2020
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Record ID: OXON-BB048D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper ally Roman barbarous radiate of Tetricus II (AD 271-274), dating to the period AD 275-285. Reece Period 14. The legends are nonsensical. The reverse depicts probably Pax standing left with a branch and ring-topped sceptre.
Created on: Sunday 3rd March 2019
Last updated: Sunday 3rd March 2019
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Record ID: OXON-AC5436
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman Trumpet derivative brooch of the Wroxeter type, dating to the period AD 75-200. The fragment comprises the foot with intact catch plate and a short length of the bow. The bow foot is decorated with moulded design of two inverted 'L's which taper to a bilobed foot. The overall appearance is devolved zoomorphic. For an identical brooch see Hattatt (2007:331) no. 982.
Created on: Saturday 2nd March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 2nd March 2019
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Record ID: OXON-AC2D41
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Late Iron Age / early Roman Colchester two-piece brooch dating to the period AD 43-100. The brooch has a rounded bow, short semi-cylindrical arms and a broken openwork catch plate. The spring is complete and nearly the entire length of the pin survives. Similar examples can be found in Hattatt 2000:297, i.e. Fig. 156 No:1455.
Created on: Saturday 2nd March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 2nd March 2019
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Record ID: OXON-AC0405
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman pin, missing the end of the shaft. The pin has a sub-spherical discoidal head with a collar below the head above the shaft. The shaft has a circular section. The pin fits Cool 1990, group 6, dated to AD 50-150.
Created on: Saturday 2nd March 2019
Last updated: Thursday 30th May 2019
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Record ID: OXON-ABE135
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete pair of copper-alloy tweezers of the Roman or Early Medieval date (c. AD 43-800). The tweezers are formed from a single rectangular sectioned band of copper-alloy which has been bent in half, creating a sprung loop one end. It consists of two arms extending from the loop, both of which flare outwards just above the rounded terminals. There is no visible decoration.
Created on: Saturday 2nd March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 2nd March 2019
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Record ID: OXON-AA3348
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver Roman denarius of Vespasian, dating to the period AD 74. Reece Period 4. PON MAX TR P COS V reverse type depicting Vespasian seated right, holding sceptre & branch. RIC II 702.
Created on: Saturday 2nd March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 2nd March 2019
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Record ID: OXON-AA0490
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman nummus of Constantine I (AD 306 - 337), dating to AD 319 (Reece Period 16). VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP reverse type depicting two Victories standing facing one another, together holding a shield inscribed VOT/PR over an altar. Mint of Trier. Some silvering remains. RIC VII, p. 183, no. 221.
Created on: Saturday 2nd March 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
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Record ID: OXON-A9BC43
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy dupondius of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), dating to the period AD 145-161 (Reece Period 7). SALVS AVG reverse type depicting Salus standing left feeding snake rising from altar and holding an inverted rudder. Incomplete sceptre / standard. Mint of Rome.
Created on: Saturday 2nd March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th May 2020
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Record ID: OXON-8076C3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy mount of Roman or medieval date. The pin-head is cylindrical with undecorated disc ends and a body grooved lengthwise around its outside, giving the object a barrel-like appearance. Centred on the underside of the head is the remains of an iron tang or shank, almost square in section. The patina of the object suggests a Roman or medieval date, and the iron tang/shank could indicate that this is a fitting for a knife (knife cap) or possibly a furniture mount. Parallels have been hard to find, only one similar object appeared in searches on this database…
Created on: Thursday 28th February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 28th February 2019
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Record ID: OXON-802C9F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Colchester brooch type with double pieced lug, Harlow type, dating to the 1st century AD. The brooch is almost complete, missing only its pin. The wings of the brooch are C-shaped in profile with a double lug in the centre of the arms and head to take the coiled spring wire. This wire is of a different alloy to the brooch, being more silver in colour. The bow of the brooch has a raised longitudinal ridge down the spine which is closely serrated (and worn). A faint, thin rib runs down either edge of the ridge. The foot of the brooch has a chalky so…
Created on: Thursday 28th February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 28th February 2019
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Record ID: OXON-7F73E7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman plate brooch of probable Continental origin, dating to the second century AD. The brooch has a semi-circular plate and a moulded fan tail projecting from the apex of the curve. A broken element may be seen on the left lower corner. An old worn break can be seen across the flat base of the semi-circular body. The semi-circular body has a raised circular cell in its centre which is filled with red enamel. The surround field is recessed and contains the remains of a blue enamel, now coloured light green. On the reverse of the brooch behind the join o…
Created on: Thursday 28th February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 28th February 2019
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Record ID: OXON-7E7CE3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy finger ring of late Roman date c. AD 350-450. The finger has been made from a cut-down bracelet, also originally of late Roman date. The band is penannular and one terminal tapers compared to the other - frequently cut-down bracelets seem to use one terminal end. The band is worn and there is no decoration. A number of cut-down bracelets fashioned into finger rings have also been recorded, see especially SF-AA9789, IOW-9FAF4E and WILT-026081. There is a noticeable concentration of these re-used objects on Roman religious sites. Although there is no obvious de…
Created on: Thursday 28th February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 28th February 2019
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Record ID: OXON-692497
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy late Roman bracelet, hook and eye fastening type with only part of the eye terminal remaining. The outer edge of the band is crenellated with teeth in between and dates to the period c.AD 250 to 410. See Crummy 1983:40 No. 1659
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 27th February 2019
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Record ID: OXON-565FE2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and corroded copper alloy Roman nummus of an uncertain ruler, dating to the fourth century AD (c. 337-402). The coin is too worn for further identification.
Created on: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2019
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Record ID: OXON-562E8A
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wokingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy and iron steelyard weight of probable Roman date. The steelyard is biconical with a iron loop (or the remains of) protruding from both the top and bottom of the weight. It weighs 115.7 grams or 4.08 ounces. Suggested date: Roman, AD 43-410.
Created on: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2019
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