Record ID: CAM-52DF13
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper-alloy small-long brooch dating to the fifth or sixth century AD. The fragment comprises the trefoil headplate, which has a rectangular central panel with three very damaged flat knobs, one to the top and one to either side. The U-shaped cut-outs at the base of the knobs survive. The headplate has a marginal row of crescent-shaped stamps which are hard to see on the image, There is a small stub of bow extending fro the lower edge of the headplate. On the reverse is the scar of a single pin bar lug, with iron staining from the pin bar and pin. The fragment meas…
Created on: Monday 11th September 2006
Last updated: Friday 30th September 2016
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Record ID: CAM-53CE14
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy object, probably dating to the medieval period. The object comprises a rectangular strip which has been bent into a flattened circle. One edge possesses three sub-oval lugs (one is missing) decorated with incised grooves. The outer surface of the ferrule is also decorated with a central row of ring and dot, flanked by a row of vertical incised grooves. It is 12mm in length and 27mm in width.
Created on: Monday 11th September 2006
Last updated: Friday 30th September 2016
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Record ID: CAM-7F1D92
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy nummus of an uncertain emperor dating to the period AD 306 to 402. Illegible reverse type. Mint unclear.
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd October 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-29F713
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy zoomorphic brooch dating to the second century AD. The brooch is in the form of a duck. The body is sub-oval in shape and has been divided into two sub-triangular cells representing wings. Each cell is filled with degraded red enamel. A rib runs centrally the length of the body and extends to the neck, head and beak of the bird. Remnants of knurled tinning/silvering are visible adhering to this rib. On the underside of the body, there is a small semi-circular catchplate and two semi-circular attachment lugs with circular perforations. The axis bar and part of the pin are…
Created on: Thursday 21st September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horningsea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-2A2514
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete pair of copper alloy tweezers, probably dating to the Roman period. The tweezers are formed from a single strip of metal bent into a semi-circular loop at the mid point. The arms are rectangular in plan and section and do not taper. They are decorated with two marginal grooves. The end of each arm is bent in at an angle of approximately 40 degrees. The tweezers measure 31mm in length and 4mm in width. There is a similar example (No. 1879) illustrated in Crummy (1983) 'The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-9'.
Created on: Thursday 21st September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horningsea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-FC9EE2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete small-long brooch in excellent condition. Made from copper alloy with no obvious trace of a surface coating, it has a rectangular headplate which is undecorated except for a small V-shaped bevelled nick in the centre of the top edge. One corner of the headplate is slightly bent. On the reverse of the headplate is a single pin bar lug with remains of the iron pin bar. The bow is triangular in cross-section, flat on the reverse, and there is no flat panel at top or bottom, or any other trace of decoration. It is slightly worn at its highest point. There is a flat-topped mou…
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 28th July 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-F7C2D3
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy Roman nail cleaner of Baldock Type of Eckardt and Crummy, 2008, 119-120, fig. 58. The object has a leaf-shaped shaft, 8.5mm wide and 1.5mm thick, with two points at one end and a suspension loop at the other end. The loop is at right angles to the plane of the shaft. This is a plain nail cleaner with no decoration. The total length of the object is 46mm and the weight is 1.67g. The colour is dark brown. This is a Crummy Type 2a which dates from the mid to late 1st century to the 2nd century (Crummy, N 1983, page 58n, o. 1874).
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Sunday 16th January 2022
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Record ID: CAM-7B11C2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy finger ring of Henig type II dating 1st-3rd century A.D. It has an oval recess 14.60mm x 11.74mm and c.2.98mm deep that would have held an intaglio, which is now missing. It is difficult to determine whether the ring was originally a continuous band of metal or whether it was designed to terminate in rounded off ends that met at the centre of the back (underneath of the finger) almost but not quite touching, or rounded off ends that over-lapped each other one above the other. Currently the ends over-lap each other one above the other but the uncertainty arises due to on…
Created on: Thursday 3rd December 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 9th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holywell Cum Needingworth Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-E7D4F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval silver early penny (sceat) of Primary Phase Series C2ii dating c.AD700-10. Ref: Gannon 2013: 102-3, pl. 6 nos 128-35. The die axis is either 7 or 8 o'clock and the coin has a diameter of 11.20mm, thickness of 1.78mm and weight of 1.16g.
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2009
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridgeshire Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-FE8712
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead steelyard weight dating to the Roman period. The weight has a slightly irregular bi-conical shape with the remains of an iron suspension loop extending from both ends. The weight has a length of 31.28mm and a diameter of 26.58mm and weighs 92.19g (3.25oz). For similar examples see CAM-FB9D15, CAM-24EBD2 and CAM-FE9BF0.
Created on: Wednesday 9th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridgeshire Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-FE9BF0
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead steelyard weight dating to the Roman period. The weight is primarily bi-conical in shape with the remains of an iron suspension loop extending from both ends. However the weight is significantly misshapen on one side, giving the appearance best described as ‘something having exploded outwards from within the weight, resulting in the lead having parted (mostly on one of the two cones, i.e. the upper cone being more effected than the lower) and pushed outwards. The weight has a length of 30.92mm and a diameter of c.34.97mm and weighs 102.92g (3.62oz). For similar examples see …
Created on: Wednesday 9th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-1170C3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Colchester-derivative dolphin brooch dating to 43-60AD. The wings are undecorated although they are worn and corroded with the tips missing. The semi-circular curved wings are 15.67mm long and 5.10mm wide with a thickness of 1.46mm and curve to a height of 2.95mm. The sprung pin is missing. The bow was also probably plain with a single groove along the edge of the upper surface however possible faint depressions, which possibly resemble in places diamond shapes, might be just the result of slight corrosion or damage that occurred whilst buried in the ground. The bow has…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd December 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 10th September 2014
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Record ID: CAM-1F8825
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Colchester one-piece brooch of 1st century (25-60)AD date. The bow is flat with a rectangular cross-section and convex sides. It has a sharp change in angle as it approaches the head, and tapers slightly away from the head ending with a rounded tail or foot. The upper surface of the bow dips along the length centrally and contains two raised lateral lines, side-by-side, of rocker-arm decoration down the centre of this dip. The rear-facing hook has a rectangular cross-section that is 2.60mm wide and 1.33mm thick. Short plain wings each 5.30mm long, 4.07mm wide and 1.11mm…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd December 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 10th September 2014
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Record ID: CAM-3754E0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy great square-headed brooch. The metal has a light green patina. The brooch is so fragmentary it has not been possible to assign it to one of Hines's groups (Hines, J. 1997). The zones used here to describe the various parts of the brooch relate to the zones described by Hines (Hines, J. 1997, p.5, fig.1). The only parts of the brooch to survive are the top part of the bow (zone h) and the central part of the headplate (zones b & e) the headplate second panel and headplate inner panel. Zone b is fragmentary having sustained damage to all edges.…
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Record ID: CAM-4DC200
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A worn medieval silver halfpenny of Edward III (1327-77); Second 'star-marked' Coinage (1335-43), probably Wither s type 5 (North 1102); mint: London. Diameter: 16.05mm; thickness: 0.42mm; weight: 0.57g; die axis: 4 o'clock.
Created on: Wednesday 6th January 2010
Last updated: Friday 24th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Wratting Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-4E5B56
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman Nummus, of the House of Constantine, VRBS ROMA, Wolf and twins, Arles, AD 333. RIC VII, no. 373. Reece 17. The coin has a diameter of c.17.05mm falling into Reece & James's size category 'I' (Reece, R. & James, S.1994, p.40). It is 1.67mm thick, weighs 2.32g and has a die axis of 6 o'clock. For similar examples see Reece, R. & James, S.1994 (p.29, items 93-4) and Spink 2007 (p.64, item 600).
Created on: Wednesday 6th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carlton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-ABE6A5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A broken denarius of Diva Faustina II dating to the period AD 176-80. CONSECRATIO reverse depicting an altar. Rome mint. RIC III, p. 273, no. 746.
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2010
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pidley Cum Fenton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-AE3974
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy nummus fraction (or half-nummus), Constantine I, AD 310-311. SOLI INVICTO reverse. Mint of Trier. RIC VI, p. 228, no. 899.
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2010
Last updated: Saturday 23rd February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colne Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-AE80F5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy contemporary copy of a nummus of Licinius II (AD 317-24), dating to c. AD 321 (Reece Period 16), BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, globe on altar, inscribed VOTIS XX. Prototype mint of Trier. -//STR. RIC VII, p. 191, cf. no. 311.
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2010
Last updated: Saturday 30th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colne Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-194114
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy nummus of Constantine I, Caesar, AD 306-7, mint illegible, reverse GENIO POPVLI ROMANI.
Created on: Tuesday 9th February 2010
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pidley Cum Fenton Area', grid reference and parish protected.