Record ID: PUBLIC-5130D6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy 'melon' bead of uncertain date, but probably Roman. Sub-circular in plan with a circular 8.4mm smooth-sided aperture in the centre. The sides have a spiralling gadrooned decoration of seven relief moulded curved ridges with deep grooves between. The top and bottom are slightly dished/concave, probably from wear. The surface displays a pale green patchy patina. Diameter 16.3mm, height 9.3mm, wall thickness 3.5mm > 4mm, weight 6.8g. Compare with similar finds on this database: KENT-357FF3, GLO-0A5A53, SUSS-278700 and IOW-ACE7B9. There appears t…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-409133
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman jet flat elliptical armlet bead dating from 3rd-4th century AD. The  Dimensions: length:17.76mm; width: 11.15mm; thickness: 5.43mm; weight 0.79g Allason-Jones (1996:28) writes "The most common beaded armlet at York and elsewhere is made up of flat elliptical beads with one edge more markedly curved than the other and decorated with a deeply cut motif. The beads divide into two types: those with a series of raised ovals(cf. Colchester: Crummy 1983, fig. 37, no 1498; Wroxeter: unpubl.), and those with either S on Z motif beads are more co…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
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Record ID: NLM-1A9396
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Blue glass bead. Blue glass bead with air bubble inclusions, sharp ridge. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410 Height: 8.5mm, Diameter: 16.6mm, Thickness: 5.7mm, Weight: 1.59gms
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-747A9B
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper alloy bead of suggested Roman date c. AD43-410.  The bead is circular in plan and has a median raised rib running around the circumference. The edges of the perforation are worn and damaged, with some areas of deep radial striations, possible cut by the string/thread the beads were suspended on. The surface has a glossy mid brown surface. Measurements: outer diameter: 11.29mm; internal diameter: 4.30mm; thickness: 6.28mm and weight: 1.54g.  Beads are very difficult to date without context, but compare: SF-D0599D and HAMP-24CAB3; …
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: LON-E04B53
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Roman faience melon bead dating to the period c. AD 50 - 200. The bead is light blue in colour and has eighteen vertical grooves on the outer surface. The bead has a perforation with a diameter of 9.13mm. The interior surface exhibits a series of concentric grooves. Dimensions: diameter: 21.09mm; height: 13.77mm; weight: 4.47g Crummy (1995:30) writes "These beads are found in 1st- and 2nd-century contexts (Guido 1978, 100) and seem, on the evidence from our catalogue, to have been introduced into this country at the conquest. There is some slight indica…
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
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Record ID: LON-B87A99
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman orange glass globular bead dating from AD 50-410. The bead has a perforation 1mm in diameter. The bead is slightly sub-spherical. Dimensions: diameter: 5.07mm; height: 5.97mm; weight: 0.43g. A similar beads on the database are LON-0381A3 and LON-E416F5 found in the same area and may have belonged to the same object.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-505F08
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy biconical bead with flattened poles. The patina is shiny but there are several small patches of old chipped damage. Weight 1.76g. Diameter 12.3mm. Length / thickness 4.6 - 5.8mm. Hole diameter 6mm. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Saturday 27th January 2024
Last updated: Saturday 27th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-6F2089
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete bead made from translucent dark blue glass, dating to the Roman period around AD 50-200. The bead is circular in plan with a central hole (annular). It has a flat top and bottom. The inner surface is smooth and the outer surface is adorned with regular longitudinal (transverse) ridges and grooves (gadroons) providing a distinctive ridged appearance. It may be cassified as a "melon" bead, but it is less spherical than most examples. Measurements are; diameter 12.6mm, thickness 6.4mm and weight 0.94g. Melon beads are typical of the early Roman period,…
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
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Record ID: BERK-731F4B
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A glass bead of.Late Roman - Early Medieval date. Posibly Guido Type 20, although purple is not mentioned. The bead dark purple/red in colour and opaque. The bead is square in plan and section it is unclear whether the corners are faceted due to wear. There is a hole running through the centre.
Created on: Friday 17th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: BERK-7316D5
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A glass bead of.Roman date. Guido Type 16. The bead is blue in colour and opaque. It is ovate in plan and circular in section with a hole running through the centre.
Created on: Friday 17th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: BERK-7311D3
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A glass bead of.Roman date. Guido Type 11. The bead is green in colour and semi-translucent. There is six faceted sides; two wide opposite each other and four narrow. There is an oval perforation through the long edge.
Created on: Friday 17th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: NLM-26A285
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bead. A small cast annular bead of biconvex section with a central stringing hole of diameter 4mm. hipped in antiquity. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410 Diameter: 10mm, Thickness: 3.4mm, Weight: 0.98gms
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wyham cum Cadeby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-2104F9
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bead. A small cast D-section annular bead with a central rounded circumferential rib, chipped at its side and around the stringing hole, which is of diameter 5.7mm. A Roman date is likely though such forms appear in the Iron Age and earlier beads were often reused in the Early Anglo-Saxon period. Suggested date: probably Roman, 43-410 Diameter: 11.1mm, Thickness: 4.3mm, Weight: 1.16gms
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-FA87D5
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy bead of possible Roman date (c. 43-410) Description: The object is a circular in plan with a relatively large external and internal diameter. It is broadly triangular in radial cross-section, as there is is a circumferential rib at the centre, with a shallow groove on each side, it has a green patina, and the surface is pitted and scratched in some areas. Measurements: Diameter:19.2 mm (internal diameter 12.0mm), Thickness: 4.6 mm, Weight: 3.10g Discussion: A similar bead can be seen on the database at NMS-902F49. This…
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2023
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Record ID: LON-7030E4
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Roman faience melon bead dating to the period c. AD 50 - 200. The bead is light blue in colour and has seventeen vertical grooves on the outer surface. The bead has a perforation with a diameter of 6.29mm. The interior surface exhibits a series of concentric grooves. Dimensions: diameter: 16.45mm; height: 14.82mm; weight: 3.82g Crummy (1995:30) writes "These beads are found in 1st- and 2nd-century contexts (Guido 1978, 100) and seem, on the evidence from our catalogue, to have been introduced into this country at the conquest. There is some slight indic…
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-7825B0
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy bead likely dating from the Iron Age to Roman period (c.550 BC-AD 200) The bead is hollow and cylindrical snf incised with three grooves around its circumference at each edge, with a rounded middle. The design is symmetrical, and the section is circular. The middle of the bead has a brown patina, but in between the grooves there is a matte red colour either from copper alloy corrosion. In between the grooves on the edge a light green patina is evident due to copper corrosion/oxidisation.  A similar, but not the same bead can be seen in Crummy (1983: …
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GAT-81B814
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A blue glass bead with a slightly off central perforation. The bead is broadly bun / globular shaped and is light blue in colour. The bead has a decorative white stripe of glass within the matrix. Glass beads are common finds from the late Iron Age - Early Medieval period, however stylistically this form is likely to date from the late Iron Age or early Roman period. Dating beads visually is very difficult, however given similar beads are recorded as being of Iron Age to Roman date, this has been tentatively suggested for this find.
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 13th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dyffryn Ardudwy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-96F518
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy bead, potentially of late Iron Age to early Roman date. The bead is circular in cross section with a narrow central hole running through it. It is waisted at both ends with ridged collars around each of the terminals (c. 5.5mm diameter) and expands into a broad cylindrical central section (8.5mm diameter) which has a single incised line running around it. 
Created on: Sunday 2nd April 2023
Last updated: Sunday 2nd April 2023
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Record ID: NCL-F416B6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete probable copper-alloy bead of possible Roman date, c. 43-410 AD. Broadly cylindrical in shape with two symmetrical narrowed waists creating three distinct segments. The terminal segments have flattened edges with identical narrow circumferential incisions. The artefact has a longitudinal cast line with a central projecting sprue. The sprue has not been broken at its terminal, suggesting that this artefact is not a broken segment from a larger artefact like a brooch and the sprue is likely a manufacturing abnormality. The central hole has an oval profile (internal diameter…
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ulgham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-206CC7
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman to Post Medieval black glass globular bead dating from AD 50-1800. The bead is circular in plan with a perforation 4.19mm in diameter.  Dimensions: diameter: 10.64mm; weight: 0.78g
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2023
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Record ID: NLM-7E37CC
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bead. Cast bead of D-section with an angular profile and a broad 7.3mm central aperture which seems lightly countersunk viewed from one side, perhaps a result of wear. the form is sometimes described as a torus. Records for similar rings from Norfolk suggest they usually occur amid spreads of Romano-British material, though an Iron Age or Medieval date might also be possible. Suggested date: probably Roman, 43-410 Diameter: 15.2mm, Thickness: 5.6mm, Weight: 5.00gms
Created on: Monday 30th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2023
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Record ID: SF-FFF828
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Roman faience 'melon' bead. It is cylindrical in shape with rounded edges to both faces. Parallel, deep, transverse grooves are positioned around the sides. A circular hole, c.11mm in diameter, runs through the middle, slightly off centre. It has a dark greenish-yellow patina.  See Guido (1978, 100, Types 21 and 22) and Crummy (1983, fig. 32.520-1). Worrell (2015) suggests a 1st to 2nd century date for most. Length: 50.04mm, width: 20.38mm, thickness: 5.66mm, weight: 8.55g
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mendham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-E8EBAE
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman or Saxon annular bead made from chalk. This bead has been pierced by drilling from both sides until the hole formed and met in the centre. The bead thickness is not uniform, varying from 2 to 3 mm. The diameter of the hole is 1.5 mm, while the diameter of the bead itself is 10-11 mm. It weighs 1.37 g.
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-8CC915
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy bead of possible late Iron Age to early Roman date (c.100BC - c.AD 200). Description:  An elongated bionical bead with a circular section. The bead has a slightly bulbous central section and a single collar on one of the bead terminals, with a triple collar at the other. The central perforation runs straight through the object and is approximately 2.5mm in diameter. The surface is quite pitted and it is difficult to make out the details of any decoration. It has a dark green patina with light green corrosion. Dimensions: leng…
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
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Record ID: LON-A24619
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman faiance melon bead dating to the period c. AD 43 - 200. The bead is buff/grey core but retains some blue on the interior wall of the perforation. The bead has twenty one vertical grooves. The bead has a perforation with a diameter of 10.08mm. The interior surface exhibits a series of concentric grooves. Dimensions: diameter: 24.47mm; height: 16.23mm; weight: 8.73g Worrell (2015) states that faience melon beads "...are common finds on most Roman sites, although normally their occurrence is restricted to the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. They are unknown in…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-902F49
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Roman copper-alloy bead. It is short and of relatively large external and internal diameter. It is broadly plano-convex in radial cross-section. On the outside there is a circumferential rib at the centre, with a shallow groove on each side, and another at each end, each preceded by a groove (or a narrow flattened ledge). The metal is patinated yellowish-brown. Mid-1st to late 5th century. External diameter: 21.5mm. Internal diameter: 13.3mm. Length: 9.1mm. Weight: 9.7g  
Created on: Monday 7th November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 15th December 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-8E9A96
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy probable bead of probably Iron Age to Roman date, 100 BC - AD 410. The bead is annular and D shaped in cross-section, with a large central hole of 8.83mm diameter. The outer faces are decorated with 17oblique grooves (gadrooned) in a similar style to melon beads usually seen in glass and fiance. Thickness: 10.17mm Weight: 8.42g Diameter: 19.05mm   There are several similar beads on the PAS database, all suggested to be of Prehistoric or Roman date, some extending the date range into the early Medieval period but none cite a published reference.…
Created on: Monday 7th November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd November 2022
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Record ID: LIN-E9FC13
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a glass bead, probably a faience melon bead dating from the Roman to early medieval period c.AD 43-500. Only about 40% of the bead has survived. It is D-shaped in cross-section. The bead is blue grey with buff/grey core with the remains of an additional blue glass bead at one end. The remaining melon bead has six vertical grooves.  Length: 21.13 mm; Width: 16.96 mm; Thickness: 10.76 mm; Weight: 3.71g From LON-420673: Faience melon beads "...are common finds on most Roman sites, although normally their occurrence is restricted to the 1st and 2nd…
Created on: Tuesday 18th October 2022
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nettleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-0381A3
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman orange glass globular bead dating from AD 50-410. The bead has a perforation 1.76mm in diameter. The bead is slightly sub-spherical, decorated with a plain band running around the circumference and several longitudinal ridges.  Dimensions: diameter: 8.15mm; height: 7.33mm; weight: 1.23g. A similar bead on the database is LON-E416F5 found in the same area and may have belonged to the same object.
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-723FBC
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably Roman cast copper alloy annular bead, of rounded D-shaped section. External diameter 15mm. Length 6mm. 3-4.5mm thick (off-centre perforation). Weight 3.40g. In Norfolk, metal, usually copper alloy, beads are normally found in loose association with concentrations of Romano-British material, though none has been found in a sealed datable context. c.43-409 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-72263C
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tiny probably Roman cast copper alloy annular bead, D-shaped section. External diameter 7mm. Length 3mm. 1.5mm thick. Weight 0.44g. In Norfolk, metal, usually copper alloy, beads are normally found in loose association with concentrations of Romano-British material, though none has been found in a sealed datable context. c.43-409 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2022
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Record ID: IOW-63179E
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy bead, possibly of Roman or Early Medieval date. This bead is made in a flat-faced, circular disc with no decoration. Similar beads have been found in graves from Iron Age to Early Medieval contexts. Given the size of the central hole and the quality of the metal, a later date seems most likely.
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 27th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CD69E5
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete late Roman copper-alloy bead. It is long and barrel-shaped: cylindrical internally (circular in cross-section and of constant diameter), while externally it is expanded in the centre and tapering in diameter toward the ends. It is also octagonal externally, having eight longitudinal facets of equal width, defined by rounded arrises. Both ends terminate in breaks which appear to be relatively recent. The external surface is patinated mid-green, and the breaks pale green. Examples of octagonal Roman beads on this database include PAS-5192D6 and NCL-DF1D13. See also Crummy (19…
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2022
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-92CB69
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A Roman bead dating to c.AD 43 - 410. Jet (or shale) bead with two gold sheet bands. A (probably broken) length of a cylinder bead manufactured on a lathe to create a ‘bead and reel’ sequence. The central, swollen ‘bead’ segment is flanked by two reels with a concave profile, each of which is wrapped in a gold sheet band, each about 2mm wide. In both cases the band is split transversely and one has torn edges and is almost detached. The bead has a perforation running centrally through it, along its length for threading. The bead length is sheered tr…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2022
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Record ID: BERK-6BFA98
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Windsor and Maidenhead
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clear glass bead of uncertain date. Possibly Roman or Early Medieval. The bead is a flattened oval with a small perforation through the centre. There is some wear to the surface and bubbles inside.
Created on: Thursday 7th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 29th July 2022
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Record ID: LON-420673
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman faience melon bead dating to the period c. AD 43 - 200. The bead is blue grey with buff/grey core. The remaining bead has six vertical grooves.  Dimensions: height: 19.18mm; width: 17.94mm; weight: 22.80g Worrell (2015) states that faience melon beads "...are common finds on most Roman sites, although normally their occurrence is restricted to the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. They are unknown in the Late Iron Age period. A description is provided in Guido (1978, 100, types 21 and 22) and also in Crummy (1983, fig. 32.520-1).&qu…
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-C66C08
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly Roman copper-alloy bead, barrel-shaped with a slight radial median rib with engraved flanking lines and a small perforation (1.5mm) through to the central longitudinal perforation (6.5mm). Length 19mm. Diameter 13mm. Weight 9.72g. In Norfolk metal, usually copper alloy, beads are normally found in loose association with concentrations of Romano-British material, though none has been found in a sealed datable context. c.43-409 AD.
Created on: Friday 17th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-9133B9
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy biconical bead with flattened poles. In abraded condition. Diameter 14.7mm. Length / thickness 10.2mm. Hole diameter 6mm. Weight 7.7g. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Saturday 21st May 2022
Last updated: Saturday 21st May 2022
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Record ID: LON-CC4366
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, approximately half a Roman faiance melon bead dating to the period c. AD 43 - 200. The bead is a buff/grey in colour with no blue remaining. The bead has nine parallel sloping grooves. The bead has a perforation with a diameter of 10.24mm. Dimensions: diameter: 23.30g; height: 16.74mm; weight: 4.92g Worrell (2015) states that faiance melon beads "...are common finds on most Roman sites, although normally their occurrence is restricted to the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. They are unknown in the Late Iron Age period. A description is provided in Guido (1978, 100, …
Created on: Thursday 12th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2022
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Record ID: NLM-22EDC1
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably black glass bead. A small biconvex bead with a central moulded stringing hole of diameter 3.3mm, and with a collar on one side of the hole, of Guido’s form 12 (page 92, fig. 37). The good condition may point to a soda glass, the typical Roman recipe which enjoys better long term survival than the later forms of glass. The bead may have been intended to be dark blue, which was common for beads in pre-Roman, Roman and post-Roman times. Against this suggestion, no hint of blue tint is discernible under either reflected or transmitted light. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410 D…
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epworth', grid reference and parish protected.