Record ID: SUR-F9329A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy enamelled disc brooch of moulded type, dating to the 2nd century AD. The brooch has three concentric ridges of retained metal, with the spaces between possibly once infilled with enamel, although no trace now remains. The circular recessed boss is now empty but may once have held either enamel or a glass setting. The reverse has a hinge lug holding a copper alloy hinge on an iron spindle and catchplate. The brooch has been bent across the mid line and the pin is missing.
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-E53D48
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, bent and extremely corroded cast copper alloy Roman bow brooch of Colchester derivative two piece front-hooked type, dating to the first century AD. The arms are semi-cylindrical and there is a stump for a spring hook at the front of the head. The bow tapers and curves back from the head, with a sub rounded cross section and a ridged spine. The bow tapers to a triangular foot with a stump of a catchplate beneath.
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-E41FBE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester Derivative Polden Hill type, dating to c. 75-175 AD. The wings are cylindrical, open on the underside and have angled end-caps which are drilled to take the spindle on which the spring and pin is mounted. The front of the brooch has a small projecting lug for the spring chord. The bow has a flat cross section and is angled at 90° to the head. The apex of the bow has three square recessed cells retaining traces of red enamel, set within a moulded rectangular panel. Behind this is a small ridged collar to the lower part of…
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-CCC745
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch of Langton Down type dating to the late Iron Age or early Roman period, c. 25-60 AD. Missing most of the arms and spring, pin, much of the bow, the foot and catchplate. The bow has a lenticular cross section and meets the hinge in a semi-circular sectioned head. The arms are cylindrical but incomplete and retain a fragment of a copper alloy spring. No decoration is evident.
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-68B2E9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Hod Hill type brooch dating to AD 80 -120. The head is hinged with traces of a rusted iron spindle and a copper alloy pin. The head tapers back to a flaring collar on the bow, behind which are a series of transverse ridges as the bow narrows to an old break. The foot and catchplate are missing.
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-6709AC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete a cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, probably Harlow double-lugged type dating to the first century AD. The arms are hemi-cylindrical and enclose an iron spring held on an iron spindle with a chord held in a lug projecting from the centre. The mounting arrangment of the spring axis spindle is now concealed by rusted concretion. The bow is narrow and strongly arched, triangular in cross section and decorated with a ridge along the spine. The rest of the bow, the foot and the catchplate are missing.
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-508633
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Harlow double-lugged type dating to the first century AD. The arms are hemi-cylindrical and ridged, with traces of a white metal coating. The underside of the head has a double lugged flange at the centre for the spring and pin, now missing. The bow is narrow and strongly arched, triangular in cross section and decorated with a ridge along the spine. The foot and the catchplate are missing.
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-D26383
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester one-piece type. The head has a pair of small, flat stumps of wings over a stumps of the chord hook, spring and pin, which would have been integrally cast. The bow is narrow with a rounded plano-convex cross-section and appears undecorated. The catchplate is lost. Circa 1st century AD.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-D24694
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and bent cast copper alloy Roman Initial T-shaped brooch, of Colchester derivative hinged pin type (Mackreth (2011) CD H) dating to the late 1st to early 2nd century AD. The wings are cylindrical with moulded lobes around each end and contain remains of an iron axis spindle which has corroded, expanded and broken the wings in places. The centre of the head has a notch for the pin. The bow is convex, with a moulded spine, ridged margins and a triangular lobe at the apex with a small hole at the centre and a lobed collar behind. The bow then tapers back to a round…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-BD5205
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman bow brooch of Colchester derivative two piece front-hooked type, dating to the first century AD. The arms are semi-cylindrical with moulded ridges at their ends. There is a spring hook at the front of the head. The bow tapers and curves back from the head, with a plano convex cross section and is decorated with pairs of moulded ridges flanking a ridged spine. The bow tapers to a triangular foot with a small catchplate beneath.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-546FCD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval date, 23.1mm in diameter. The brooch frame has a triangular cross section 1.4mm thick and 3.5mm wide with bevelled front sides and a flat reverse. The frame is undecorated. The copper alloy pin remains in place on a constriction in the frame.
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-3EEF86
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman or later Iron Age bow brooch of La Tene III or Nauheim derivative type. A portion of the integrally cast spring is retained separately. The bow has a flat cross sectional profile and is lenticular in shape, expanding to a maximum width of 8.5mm at the lower end before tapering sharply towards the foot which has largely broken off. The bow is decorated with a double row of punched dots along both lateral margins.
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-3ECED7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Harlow double-lugged type dating to the first century AD. The arms are hemi-cylindrical and decorated with transverse ridges. The spring is held on a copper alloy spindle in a double lugged flange at the centre. Approximately half of the spring and the chord are retained. The bow is narrow and strongly arched, lenticular in cross section and decorated with a ridge along the spine. The rest of the bow, the foot and the catchplate are missing.
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-3EAC7B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Roman brooch, probably of Colchester derivative type, comprising the lower portion of the bow together with the rounded foot and a deep triangular catchplate. The bow is undecorated and has a narrow plano-convex cross section
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-ED76D2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman Trumpet brooch, 50.83mm in length, missing its spring and pin. The head is oval with a protruding lozengiform terminal at the front and single hinge loop underneath. The bow is of triangular cross section divided centrally by a pair of reels with a central button. The lower part of the bow tapers to a moulded foot with a deep triangular catchplate beneath. Circa late 1st to late 2nd century AD.
Created on: Saturday 23rd March 2024
Last updated: Saturday 23rd March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-C20AD1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast copper alloy saucer brooch, dating to c. AD.450-550. The front of the brooch is dished, with an angular and upturned rim around; this is incomplete on one side. The front of the brooch is decorated with a five pointed star pattern formed by double-ridged concave arcs enclosed by an engraved concentric line around a small central boss. There is no trace of gilding. The reverse has an in-line hinge lug and catchplate. There is extensive deposition of iron corrosion products around the hinge lug from a now lost iron spring and pin.
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-C1D5DD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast copper alloy disc brooch, 29.2mm in diameter. The face has incised decoration in the form of five dot-in-annulet motifs, one at the centre with four arranged equidistant around it. The reverse has an in-line catchplate and hinge lug, the latter retaining a rusted remnant of an iron spring and pin. Circa 5th-6th century AD.
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-4772CD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy La Tene III/Nauheim derivative type bow brooch dating to the late Iron Age or early Roman period, 35mm in length, comprising the bow and a stump of the spring, which is 8mm in diameter and made from the same piece of metal as the rest of the brooch. The bow is lozengiform with a flat cross sectional profile and is decorated with a line of punched S-shapes along the centre and linear external borders. The pin and most of the spring is missing as is the foot and catchplate.
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-1A8FD3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Harlow double-lugged type dating to the first century AD. The arms are hemi-cylindrical and enclose the spring, which is held on a copper alloy spindle in a double lugged flange at the centre. The bow is narrow and strongly arched, sub rectangular in cross section and decorated with a groove along the spine. The rest of the bow, the foot and the catchplate are missing.
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-EE0186
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman enamelled Trumpet brooch  dating to c. AD 100-250 (cf. Mackreth (2011), TR 1.2b4, p. 83, pl. 80). The head is oval with enamel inlay decoration in the form of two back-to-back flanking C-shaped cells filled with blue enamel, with lozenges of two triangular cells above and below, infilled with orange or red enamel. There is a stump of a single round loop at the centre of the underside of the head to hold the spring and pin, now lost. The bow is narrow with a plano convex cross section. It curves sharply around to a…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
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