Record ID: GLO-A70D45
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilded copper alloy disc brooch of possible Scandinavian origin dating to the period c.AD850 - 950. The front exhibits cast Borre-style decoration consisting of three figures that are shown as a prone animal that stretch from one side of the disc to the other, crossing each other at the midpoint where that is a recessed disc that would have mounded a stone or enamel, this disc bisects the animals where the three would meet and leaves the torso and hind legs in one half, then head and arm in the other.  Each animal comprises of L-shaped legs that have expanded thighs; the lower…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: GLO-A16947
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill dating AD 75-200. It has rearward facing lugs on either end of the wings that hold the pin axes bar, most of the pin is retained but is now heavily corroded. The head of the bow has a tapering triangular panel with expanded shoulders. In the centre of the head are two raised lines that converge at the apex of the bow forming a V-shaped crest with a third raised line in the centre that has a loop at the top for the external cord. The lower part of the bow is truncated resulting in the loss of the catchplate.
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: GLO-A156C7
Object type: STUD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy and enamelled Iron Age stud (150 BC - AD 43). The object is circular in plan and semicircular when viewed in profile. The sides are decorated with four deep-set cells that are filled with red enamel; each cell is separated from its neighbour by a zigzag border that is joined to the roundel at the apex of the semicircle, this is pierced in the centre to accommodate a pin.  The opposite side forms the circular face and is also recessed and filled with red enamel, a hole in the centre of the enamel shows where the attachment pin would have been mounted. This object i…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: GLO-A0C850
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Aucissa brooch that has rolled tubular wings that would have held the pin axis bar, there is a slot in the rear for the pin, which is now missing. The bow is a sup-rectangular strip gradually narrows to the bottom. The face is decorated with two narrow grooves that run down either side and a double groove that runs down the centre. The lower part of the bow has been truncated.
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: GLO-A09FF5
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily corroded copper alloy book clasp. This example is rectangular in plan with two copper alloy rivets retained at the rear. The forward edge has a narrowed tab that has been bent around to form a hook. The face is decorated with two concentric rings towards the rear.     Artefacts such as this have been discovered during excavation in York which dated to the 15th and 16th centuries (Ottaway & Rogers, 2002, 2937-2939)
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: GLO-A7FA3E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy radiate, unreadable emperor dated to AD 260-275 (Reece 13) Obverse: radiate bust facing right [...] Reverse: Aequitas or Moneta standing left, holding scales […]
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
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Record ID: GLO-50DD76
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman developed T-shaped brooch. Tubular wings hold the pin axis bar, there is a slot in the centre of the wings at the rear for the pin which only the loop remains.  The head of the bow has a tapering triangular panel with expanded shoulders. Above is a raised triangular panel with two radiating grooves sits at the top of the head with a triangular cell surrounded by a raised border at the bows apex.  Below the lower half of the bow is truncated.
Created on: Monday 15th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2024
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Record ID: SOM-F7D946
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy devolved Large south-western T-shaped brooch of Hull T138 dating to the late first to second century AD, incomplete in so far as it is missing the pin and part of the headloop. The head has two short cylindrical wings, 33.9mm wide, to hold the axis bar for the hinged pin. Between the wings is a slot in which the pin would have sat. The left wing has one groove running around it where the bow joins the crossbar, while the right wing has no decoration. Both ends of the wings are slightly abraded. Emerging from the centre of the head is a large fixed headloop whi…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: SOM-F71B37
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy crossbow brooch of Roman date, c.AD 200-300. The brooch has tubular crossbar wings with closed ends, although both ends are fragmented. The reverse of the wings have a central slot allowing a pin to be looped around the bar. The pin is missing, and the central knob which would have protruded upwards from the top of the axis bar is also fragmented and missing. A D-sectioned bow extends with a steep C-shaped curve before bending straight down forming a P-shaped profile. The bow is decorated with five notches between smaller parallel running inden…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: SOM-F68682
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver siliqua of Constantius II (AD 323-361), dating to the period c. AD 360-361 (Reece Period 18). Obverse: Diademed bust facing right, draped, cuirassed. [DN CONSTANT]IVS PF A[V]G Reverse: Inscription within a wreath. VOTIS/XXX/MVLTIS/XXXX. Mintmark: unclear but possibly R. Reece Period: 18. AD 355-8. RIC VIII, p. 193, no. 216. Diameter: 15.49mm Weight: 1.21g Die axis: 12
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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