Record ID: CAM-443792
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman Republican denarius of Julius Caesar, dating to the period c.47-46 BC (Reece Period 1). CAESAR (downwards) reverse type depicting Aeneas left, carrying palladium in right hand and Anchises on left shoulder. African mint. As RRC p. 471, no. 458/1.
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Saturday 11th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-44BE34
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A clipped siliqua of Valens (364-78), VRBS ROMA, Rome, 364-7. RIC IX 11b.
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-474A53
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A siliqua, probably a contemporary copy, of Julian as Augustus (360-3), VOTIS V MVLTIS X, prototype of Lyons, 360-1. RIC VIII p. 193, c.f. no. 218. Hoxne c.f. no. 788.
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-478087
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Siliqua (unclipped) of Julian as Augustus (360-3), VICTORIA DD NN AVG, Mint of Lyons, 360-1. RIC VIII 212.
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-484352
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Siliqua (probably lightly clipped) of Valentinian I (364-75), VOT V MVLT X, Rome, 364-7. RIC IX, no. 10b. The mintmark RQ is not in RIC; there is one example in the Hoxne Hoard (no. 198)
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-176448
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Nertomarus type Langton Down brooch dating to the first century AD. The head of the brooch has been flattened but originally comprised hollow semi-circular wings with a central cast motif of an inverted triangle. The triangle itself is decorated with three moulded dots. Either side of the triangle is a plain, diagonal decorative ridge. Where the head of the brooch meets the top of the bow, there is a transverse ridge. The bow itself is D shaped in section and tapers towards the foot, which is broken. It is 13mm wide at its top, 6mm wide at its base.The brooch patin…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-191256
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Colchester type one piece brooch dating to the first century AD. The brooch comprises a head of two very small, triangular wings concealing the single remaining coil of the integral spring mechanism. The head extends to a rectangular section bow which tapers to a very sharp point. The catchplate is missing. The brooch measures 66mm in length and a maximum of 8mm in width.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-198FF6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch fragment dating to the sixth century AD. The fragment comprises the head plate. The head plate is rectangular in shape with two semi-circular cut outs in each corner giving it a cruciform appearance. It is decorated with a marginal pattern of stamped semi-circles and dots. On the underside of the head plate is a semi-circular lug with circular perforation. Iron corrosion products surround the lug. The fragment measures 22mm in length and 26mm in width. It has a thickness of 9mm.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-19F174
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Colchester one piece brooch dating to the first century AD. The brooch possesses a head comprising two flat rectangular wings which conceal a fragment of the integral spring mechanism. The pin is missing. The head extends to a D section tapering bow, with a poorly cast, semi-circular catchplate. The brooch measures 74mm in length and 10mm in width.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-1AA427
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy miniature axehead dating to the Roman period. The object comprises a three dimensional representation of a axehead with pick. The axehead is socketed and cast integrally is a circular section handle. This extends and terminates in a circular loop. The object measures 44mm in length and 36mm in width from axe to pick. Miniature objects have been interpreted as votives offered at temples and shrines. Although they have often been assumed to be Roman, it is possible that some examples may date to the Iron Age and even earlier.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-56FCC6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Clipped siliqua of Honorius (393-423), VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Milan, 395-402. RIC X 1228
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-5AAAF3
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper alloy bracelet dating to the first or second centuries AD. The fragment comprises a rectangular strip of metal which is curved. The upper surface of the strip is decorated with a central band flanked by two beaded ribs. The lower surface is plain. The fragment measures 42mm in length and 17mm in width.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newmarket', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-C44D56
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A worn and corroded copper-alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine, dating to the period AD 335-341 (Reece period 17). Probably GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting Two soldiers standing either side of one standard. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2007
Last updated: Friday 24th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-ECF1D7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A very worn copper-alloy Roman radiate or nummus of uncertain type, dating to the period AD 260-402. Both faces are illegible.
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2007
Last updated: Friday 24th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-64F318
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy ornamental cross-staff head mount possibly dating to the eleventh or twelfth century AD. The spherical head possesses an openwork design comprising three joined lozenges. Each lozenge is divided into four triangles with a cross. At each apex on the staff head mount, there is a spherical knop. At one end of the object, there extends a circular section collar. The collar is damaged but four circular section perforations are visible. These perforations will have been used for rivets to fix the head onto a staff. The staff measures 46mm in length. The spherical openwork…
Created on: Monday 18th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 14th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Wratting', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-58EFB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper-alloy flat, enamelled disc brooch. Late 1st to mid 3rd century AD. Diameter 21.20mm, thickness 1.82mm. The plain border is 1.27mm wide. The central field contains six outer pellets joined and a single central pellet of 2.96mm diameter. Traces of a red material (possibly enamel) survive within the central/inner field. On the reverse is a single lug 5.91mm long, 4.43mm high and 1.22mm thick. A circular perforation of c.1.98mm diameter is present on the lug but this perforation is filled with mud and/or corrosion. The pin is missing. The catch-plate survives - dimensions: le…
Created on: Tuesday 19th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 8th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whittlesford Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-3C3F35
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete, cast copper alloy figurine in the form of a cockerel. The cockerel is three-dimensional and is depicted standing with its head slightly turned to the right. The head is wedge shaped. The beak is cast crudely and continues from the crest on the top of his head. One incised eye is visible. The main body is oval and a horizontal ridge half way down on either side marks the extent of the wings. Feathers are picked out by incised, cross hatched decoration. The tail comprises two rounded and conjoined rectangular extensions decorated on the surface with a series horizontal incisi…
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haslingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-50A633
Object type: BALANCE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy balance pan or scale pan, dating to the medieval or post-medieval period. It is concave, circular in shape, and has three small circular perforations spaced at regular intervals around its circumference. It has a diameter of 31mm and a thickness of 3mm. Similar circular pans, with the same or larger dimensions, are known from deposits of c. 1270-c.1400 in London (Egan 1998, nos. 1039-1043) but Margeson suggests that they were still in use in the early post-medieval period (1993, 204-5).
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 18th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Teversham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-542AB2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Sestertius of Lucilla dating to the period AD 164 to 169. DIANA LVCIFERA reverse. Mint of Rome. RIC III, p. 352, no. 1734.
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 20th September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carlton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-CC2A01
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummus of Magnus Maximus, possibly a contemporary copy, dating to c. AD 383-387 (Reece Period 20). Reverse: REPARATIO REIPVB. Prototype from mint of Lyon. Cf. LRBC, p. 53, no. 380.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-795CA2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummus of Crispus (AD 317-326), dating to AD 320 (Reece Period 16), VIRTVS EXERCIT, Two captives seated either side of standard inscribed VOT XX. Mint of Trier. RIC VII, p. 189, no. 270.
Created on: Friday 13th July 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 17th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-7A36D7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Nummus of Constantine I, struck to commemorate his father, Constantius I: DIVO CONSTANTIO PIO / MEMORIA FELIX, Mint of Trier, 307-8. RIC VI, p. 218, no. 789
Created on: Friday 13th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-7A5244
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Nummus of Galerius, dating to c. AD 300-305 (Reece Period 15). Reverse: SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR. Uncertain mint (Ticinum, Aquileia or Siscia).
Created on: Friday 13th July 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-B4F535
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Nummus of Constantine I, AD 310-312. Reverse: PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS. Mint of London. RIC VI, p. 137, no. 222.
Created on: Monday 16th July 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-B778D8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy radiate of Allectus (AD 293-6) (Reece Period 14), PAX AVG, Pax standing left holding branch and transverse sceptre. Mint of London, S A//ML. RIC V, pt 2, p. 561, no. 33. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's Corpus for RIC.
Created on: Monday 16th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-B7B055
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy radiate of Allectus (AD 293-6) (Reece period 14), PAX AVG, Pax standing left holding branch and transverse sceptre. Mint of London, S P//ML. RIC V, pt 2, p. 561, no. 33var. The mintmark SP//ML is not recorded in RIC but is known from the Elvedon Hoard No. 120. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's Corpus for RIC.
Created on: Monday 16th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-B82023
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Radiate of Probus (AD 276-82), dating to c. AD 281 (Reece Period 14), FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing left, holding two standards. Mint of Lyon. RIC V, pt 2, p. 27, no. 80; Gloucester Hoard (CHRB XIII), p. 66, cf. no. 922 (80 specimens); Bastien, Le Monnayage de l’atelier de Lyon de la récouverture de l’atelier par Aurelian à la mort de Carin (AD 274-294), cf. no. 281. There does appear to be punctuation in the obverse legend.
Created on: Monday 16th July 2007
Last updated: Friday 9th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-DE3C74
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Radiate of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), MONETA AVG, Moneta standing left with scales and cornucopiae. Unattributed Mint. RIC V, pt 2, p. 534, no. 858. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Wednesday 18th July 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-0E03C2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-37), dating to AD 323-4 (Reece Period 16), SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory advancing right, holding palm-branch and trophy, treading on captive. Mint of Trier. RIC VII, p. 202, no. 435.
Created on: Friday 20th July 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 7th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-DFEA24
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy nail cleaner with high shoulder dating from AD 43-200. The cleaner appears to have been cut from a strip of copper alloy rather than cast. It possesses a leaf shaped body which tapers and ends in a forked terminal with V shaped depression. At the other end is a flat circular expansion with circular perforation. The nail cleaner measures 40mm in length and 10mm in width.
Created on: Monday 30th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 29th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-055A22
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy mount possibly from a shield, casket or scabbard dating to the Middle or Late Iron Age. The stud is circular in shape and hemispherical in section. The upper surface of the stud possesses a central circular depression. The depression is decorated with a knurled ring of a white substance, which has tentatively been identified as coral. The ring encircles a small, rounded, circular knop. The underside of the mount is flat with uneven iron corrosion adhering to it. There is a central, circular perforation. The mount has a diameter of 16mm and a thickness of 5mm. A similar s…
Created on: Wednesday 1st August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-C447B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Sestertius of Crispina dating to the period AD 178 to 187. Uncertain reverse type. Mint of Rome.
Created on: Friday 10th August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 21st September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-1C8BD2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Nummus of Severus as Caesar (305-6), dating to AD 305-306 (Reece Period 15). Reverse: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI. Mint of Trier. RIC VI, p. 207, no. 651.
Created on: Tuesday 14th August 2007
Last updated: Friday 31st July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-1CB1E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Siliqua of Julian II as Augustus (360-3), VOTIS V MVLTIS X, Arles, 360-1. RIC VIII p. 227, no. 295. It is possible that the coin is slightly clipped.
Created on: Tuesday 14th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-428F37
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of twisted wire, possibly part of a bracelet dating to the Roman period. The fragment comprises a bent loop made up of three twisted strands of circular-section copper-alloy wire bent into a sub-triangular loop with the ends not quite meeting. The loop measures 22mm in length (base to apex) and 17mm in width (across the base), and the three strands together measure 3mm in total thickness. It weighs 1.3g.
Created on: Thursday 16th August 2007
Last updated: Friday 25th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Wratting', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-44D354
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An unusually large buckle frame dating to the medieval period. The frame is D-shaped with a narrowed pin bar. The wide outside edge is decorated with an engraved zig-zag forming triangles; those with their apexes towards the external edge are filled with faint rocker-arm engraving. There is iron corrosion adhering to the pin bar. Most unusually, the underside of both loop and bar are hollow, and so the buckle frame has a C-shaped cross-section. Even more strangely, it has three separate small copper-alloy rivet-like pegs which can just be seen polished flat on the upper face. There is…
Created on: Thursday 16th August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Wratting Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-4097C3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Clipped siliqua of Valens (364-78), VRBS ROMA, Trier, 367-75. RIC IX, 27e/45b.
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-599272
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummus of Maximian I, dating to c. AD 300-305 (Reece Period 15). Reverse: SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR. Mint of Ticinum.
Created on: Wednesday 29th August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-59ABF1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Nummus of Severus, dating to AD 305-306 (Reece Period 17). Reverse: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI. Mint of London. RIC VI, p. 128, possibly no. 62.
Created on: Wednesday 29th August 2007
Last updated: Friday 31st July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-59C251
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Nummus of Diocletian, dating to c. AD 294-299 (Reece Period 15). Reverse: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI. Mint of Trier.
Created on: Wednesday 29th August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.