Record ID: WAW-8503C1
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete glass counter or gaming piece of probable Roman to Early Medieval date (c. AD 200-800) The counter is an oval shape in plan, and domed in profile. The body of the counter is made from a dark blue to black glass, which has an applied border of white glass. Within the border, at intervals, there are small blobs of applied white glass as decoration. The base of the counter has an irregular spiral, as if formed during manufacture of the counter. Comparable examples recorded on the PAS database include LON-68A2A9 and WILT-713199. A more ornate example can also be seen in…
Created on: Friday 5th September 2003
Last updated: Thursday 6th January 2022
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Record ID: WAW-B5A493
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Published
The wings are semi-cylindrical with wing caps. The wing caps have a hole in the centre which would support the axis bar. There are remains of an iron axis bar in one hole, the other is incomplete. The interior of the wings has iron staining. In the centre of the upper edge of the wings is the remains of a small hook. The bow head is hump-likeand decorated with a central 'W' profilewhich continues along the bow. Either side of this central decoration there is a column of low-relief rings. The bow is semi-circular in section, except for the ridge on the reverse which develops int…
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
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