Record ID: WILT-60307B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy Trumpet brooch, dating to c AD80 -200.  It has a flat oval head, a small nib at the apex, with a spring of five coils and internal chord held on a copper alloy axial bar through a single central lug behind the head. A circular section pin emanates from the centre of the spring. The oval section bow curves out and down from the head, above a double circumferential acanthus decoration, then becomes D section and tapers towards a pedestal disc at the foot. A large sub triangular catchplate is in situ but the pin curl…
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 13th June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-5FC9B3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy bar mount and pendent loop, dating to c AD 1350 - 1400. The bar mount is a sheet of metal, pierced at one end for attachment to a strap, rivet missing, and folded back about 2/3rds down its length apparently into a simple hook, recessed in width but with slightly expanded end. The ring is D shaped in section.  Dimensions: mount 12.8mm in length; 3.9mm in width; ring 10.6mm in diameter; 2mm thick; 1.4mm wide; whole item 0.92g in weight Ref: Egan and Pritchard (1991: 221) Fig. 138.
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
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Record ID: WILT-5F7F75
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman copper alloy probable Hod Hill brooch, dating to c AD 43 -75. What remains is the head, a cylindrical 'sleeve', rolled forward towards the front of the bow, and a short section of the bow itself. There is iron corrosion around the head. The bow is broadly D shape in section but has a deep longitudinal groove down the centre front, below a collar just below the head. The bow, and groove, expand a little before an early break at which there are two short flat lateral wings each with rounded outer edge. Pin, lower bow and catchplate are all missing. Evid…
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 22nd June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-5F668D
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete pair of Roman copper alloy tweezers, dating to cAD 50 - 400. Made from a strip of metal folded to leave a rounded possible suspension penannular loop at the fold, the strip then expanding down both arms to, in both cases, a straight cut at the lower end but one arm is shorter than the other and both are bent askew. It is uncertain whether or not the arms had 'nips' - a sharp bend at the extreme end of each arm to facilitate grip with delicate tasks - as both are missing to old breaks. 52.1mm in length; 4.4mm in width from 3.2mm at fold; 1.99g in weight …
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 12th June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-5F37B1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper alloy D shaped buckle, dating to c AD1350-1400. The buckle has two large projecting, flat topped globular knops on the outer edge of the frame. It has a narrowed, offset pin bar with a small knop at each end. The pin is missing. It may have had a black surface treatment. Dimensions: 15.7mm in length; 19.3mm in width; 1.30g in weight. cf. Meols Type 10  (Griffiths, Philpott and Egan 2007: 90-91, no. 545).
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Saturday 17th June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-5F15B9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative, initial T shape brooch, hinged, possibly dating to c AD 55 - 100. A variable section pin is in situ with sharp point and no catchplate. There are two wings, one foreshortened due to damage, the other showing a fine semi circumferential groove towards the outer end. There are two short longitudinal ridges at the top of the bow, one either side of the centre. Three  cells of indeterminate shape decorate the length of the bow which tapers to a forward facing knopped foot. The bow is bent a little si…
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 12th June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-5EEBCB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete possibly Roman copper alloy finger ring dating to cAD 75 - 250. Probably Henig type II, Guiraud type 2 a-e. What remains is the upper part of the D shape section hoop,and the setting. which is almost circular, flush with the line of metal, and would have held an intaglio or similar.  Dimensions: 20.7mm across (less than diameter); 8.9mm wide at bezel; 2.31g in weight
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 13th June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-5E6EAC
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval copper alloy open work cordate (heart shaped) mount, dating to c AD 1550-1700. It is D shaped in section,with two integral oval section spikes still in situ on the underside, both now themselves bent, but also bent in towards the plate. It has a bifurcate, wider basal end, the junction of the two halves of the mount accentuated by a V shape groove. This open area at the base has an internal chamferred edge. The terminal consists of two circular petals flanking an elongated ovate pointed central petal.  Dimensions: 39.5mm in length; 24.…
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 12th June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-5E5651
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy strip brooch dating to c AD 25 - 75. The head is a slightly flared extension of the bow, rolled backwards to form a tube and would have held an axial rod, pin, but these are now missing. There is also damage to the foot which has been slightly shortened by an early break. The bow is decorated by three longitudinal grooves, one each side, close to the edge , and one centrally. Dimensions: 37.1mm in length; 11.8mm in width; 2.12g in weight.
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Saturday 8th July 2023
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Record ID: WILT-5E3BF2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy Developed T shape brooch, dating to c AD 75 - 200. What remains is the head and the upper part of the bow. The head loop is entirely missing except for the pedestal on which it stood, now lost to an early break. There are thin cylindrical wings, one missing a short section of its outer length to an early break, and evidence of an iron hinge within  the pin slot, but the pin itself is entirely missing. The upper part of the bow is flat and falls vertically under a small step outwards, tapering a little to an ornate hollow boss with central collar fl…
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 13th June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-5DDE0B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper alloy buckle and plate, dating to cAD 1150 - 1500. Cassels, 2013, 1.3D. It is missing its pin. The buckle is D shaped, with extend outer edge and small lip where it is notched for the pin. It has a narrowed and offset pin bar, with small rounded knops at each end. The plate is a simple sheet, folded over the pin bar, with parallel sides throughout, and a single rivet, still in situ, centrally placed at the attachment end. Between the two plates is a cream coloured mass, near the attachment end, but it is not clear whether it is a spacer, or …
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 12th June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-A23CDE
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper alloy plate, possibly part of a strap end, dating to c AD 1250 - 1450. What remains is a rectangle of sheet metal with an early break at one end  and straight edge at the other with two rivets, one in each corner, still extant. The plate has a stamped impression of a shield with lion rampant, just beneath the break. The field around the lion is decorated with a random scatter of pellets. Dimensions: 36.5mm in length; 21.1mm in width; 0.7mm thick; 3.90g in weight
Created on: Monday 13th February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2023
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Record ID: WILT-0F553B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative hinged developed T-shape brooch, dating to c AD 100 - 200. It has rather thin cylindrical wings, apparently made up from a sheet of metal which now no longer quite meets along the seam at the back of the head. A circular section pin emanates from a rectangular pin slot. There are three semi circumferential grooves at the end of one wing, only two at the other, where the extreme end of the wing may be missing to an old break. The shallow D section bow arches out a little from the head then falls vertically to a flat foot. A sub tr…
Created on: Monday 6th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: WILT-0F0D5A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative bow brooch with apparently Polden Hill spring system, dating to c AD75 - 175. It is missing most of the pin and its pin curl. The head is semi cylindrical; two wings with pierced wing caps, one with a small section missing, and two mouldings at each end. The spring has thirteen coils, the centre one emanating as the circular section pin, of which only a small part remains. The exterior chord is held by a small  loop which appears to be fixed to the back of the head but has the appearance of the rear ho…
Created on: Monday 6th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: WILT-2F9D49
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman copper alloy nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337), dating to AD 318-324 (Reece period 16). BEATA TRANQVILLITAS reverse type depicting an altar inscribed VOTIS XX with a globe on top. Unclear mint.
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2022
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Record ID: WILT-1AA7FB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy British plate brooch dating to c. AD 100-200. Mackreth (2011) type 3.a4. The main body of the brooch was originally circular in plan, but it has lost a portion due to an old break between 5 and 7 o'clock. The surviving portion of the brooch has five rounded, projecting lugs placed evenly around the its circumference, although the sixth is now missing due to damage. The front of the brooch has a notched decoration around the frame. This decoration is quite worn in places. Inside the frame is a recessed circular border with traces…
Created on: Monday 26th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2022
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Record ID: WILT-619774
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver penny of William I (1066-1087), 'Two stars' type (North 845; BMC v) dating to c.AD 1074-1077, moneyer and mint unclear (blundered inscription). Ref: North 1994: 191. The coin has a crack from the edge between 11 and 12 o'clock to about the centre of the flan. The mint and moneyer for the coin are uncertain with the inscription difficult to read and quite garbled. Possible readings include +BIICNPI OII NEBV or +BIICNRI ON NEBM neither of which match known mint or moneyer names. Another suggestion is that the mint could be Her…
Created on: Monday 5th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
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Record ID: WILT-618A70
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman silver denarius of Hadrian (AD 117 - 138), dating to AD 119-122 (Reece Period 6). P M TR P COS III // HIAR / P R (in field) reverse type depicting Hilaritas standing front with both hands raising veil from her face.  Mint of Rome. RIC II p355 no 126.
Created on: Monday 5th September 2022
Last updated: Friday 4th November 2022
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Record ID: WILT-617DC3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy nummus of Diocletian dating to AD 296-297  (Reece Period 15). GENIO  POPVLI ROMANI reverse type depicting Genius standing left with modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, right hand holding patera, left holding cornucopia.  Mint of Trier.  RIC VI, p 182, no 187(a).
Created on: Monday 5th September 2022
Last updated: Friday 4th November 2022
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Record ID: WILT-6140C9
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy twisted cable bracelet, dating to c  AD 100- 320.  There are three sub oval twisted strands with early breaks at each end, the terminals thus missing. It has a dark green patina and is now folded more or less in two and twisted partly into a loop. Dimensions: 66.1mm in length (folded); thickness at the 'band' of three strands 5.5 x 3.1mm; 13.07g in weight cf Crummy (1983,: 38-9) no.1628
Created on: Monday 5th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2023
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