Record ID: CAM-864614
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content for the ring fragment of 90-94%, the rest being copper; it weighs 2.1 grams. The ring has a flat, sub-circular, slightly convex bezel with narrow stubs of the ends of the hoop on either side; the rest of the hoop is missing; diameter, 16 mm (max); width, 24 mm. The bezel is decorated with a hexagonal border of two rows of punched, back-to-back trapezoid stamps, leaving a plain rib between the rows and enclosing a central cross of similar work with double punches between the arms. The e…
Created on: Monday 12th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-20F0D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch, copper alloy, dating to the fifth or sixth century AD. The brooch possesses a rectangular head plate with a slightly raised square central panel. Rectangular expansions extend from the head plate giving it the appearance of being cruciform in shape. on the underside of the head plate is a single semi-circular perforated lug surrounded by some iron corrosion products. The head plate extends to an arched convex section bow. Where the bow meets the foot, there is a rectangular facet. The foot possesses a series of rectangular mouldings and small oval lappets…
Created on: Friday 27th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Exning', grid reference and parish protected.

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-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-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-2C12C2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch of 5th or 6th century date. The remains of this brooch consist of a trapezoidal head plate, the longest side of which is nearest the top knob, flat semicircular side and head knobs, and an arched bow. There are no wings to the head plate. The brooch has broken off at the point where the bow would have joined the foot plate. Behind the head plate an integral pin lug 9.16mm x 9.02mm is filled in with the corroded remains of an Iron pin. For similar examples see Mills, N. 2001 (p.33, item AS55), Mills, N. 2000 (p.64, item S173) and …
Created on: Wednesday 12th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-1E75C4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold Solidus of Constans (337-350), OB VICTORIAM TRIVMFALEM (Two Victories and wreath), Trier, AD342-3. RIC VIII, no. 124
Created on: Friday 27th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-49DD14
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An as of Nerva (AD 96-8), with perforation for suspension. The perforation is positioned at the head of the obverse. Reverse is probably FORTVNA AVGVST. When worn, the emperor's bust would have been visible. For reverse type, RIC II, c.f. 73
Created on: Friday 10th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-5D7F05
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small copper-alloy knobbed terret ring dating to the 1st to 2nd century AD. The terret is circular in plan and section. It is decorated with five prominent pairs of lipped mouldings and two smaller pairs which flank the bar. The terret ring measures 25mm in diameter and 6mm in width.
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stapleford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-CB99E7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch knob. The knob is approximately semi-circular and comprises two zoomorphic heads with curled tongues extending from a T shaped central panel. On the underside of the knob are two semi-circular perforated lugs which are surrounded by iron corrosion. The side knob measures 14mm in length and 29mm in width.
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 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-A1B9B1
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy hooked tag dating to the ninth century AD. The body of the hooked tag is flat and oval in shape; it has a pair of sewing holes in projecting lobes at the top, and is decorated with a central circular panel of niello inlaid with three back-to-back C-shaped scrolls of silver wire. There is a border of a border of blind-drilled dots around both the sewing holes and the central panel, and a pair of tiny lobes to either side of the (now missing) hook. The break here is old and worn. The underside is flat and undecorated. The tag measures 23mm in length and 15mm in width. …
Created on: Friday 26th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: CAM-7EC5C3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A clipped siliqua possibly of Arcadius (383-408), VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Trier, AD 392-5. RIC IX c.f. 106b
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: CAM-EA64E3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper alloy early medieval brooch, probably of the cruciform variety. The fragment comprises the arched bow which is rectangular in shape and convex in section. At one end is a rectangular facet. The bow measures 19mm in length and 15mm in width.
Created on: Friday 6th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-653081
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy small long brooch dating to the late fifth or sixth centuries AD. The head plate is sub rectangular with rounded edges and semi-circular cut outs. It is decorated with a marginal row of crescental stamps and possesses two circular perforations. The head plate extends to a slightly arched D sectioned bow. The leg originates in a narrow, undecorated field and extends to two panels of moulding with horizontal notches; the leg flattens and flairs to form a crescentic foot. On the underside of the head plate is a semi-circular lug with circular perforation to hold the pi…
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-6594B0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A (possibly slightly clipped) siliqua of Julian II as Augustus (360-3), VOT X MVLT XX, Arles, 361-3. RIC VIII 312.
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-65EA44
Object type: LOCK
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A well preserved copper alloy lock bolt dating to the Roman period. The lock bolt comprises a rectangular sectioned stem which extends to a rectangular plate with triangular cut outs creating a pattern in reserve metal resembling '/IX'. The largest of the cut outs shows signs of wear. On the underside of the lock bolt, the cut outs are surrounded by three rectangular section 'walls'. The lock bolt measures 66mm in length, 13mm in width and has a maximum thickness of 8mm. Similar examples are described by Crummy (1983), p.124, especially no. 4136.
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-A35EE0
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead alloy weight or bead of unknown date. The object is biconical with a circular perforation. It measures 29mm in length and has a maximum width of 16mm. It weighs 32g.
Created on: Friday 27th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-A42C01
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead steelyard weight dating to the Roman period. The weight is biconical and has a corroded iron suspension loop. The weight measures 29mm in length, 22mm in diameter and weighs 38.3g.
Created on: Friday 27th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.