Record ID: LANCUM-7032F7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Published
Early Roman Republican denarius, moneyer C.Piso, dating from c. 67BC. 16x20mm. RRC 408
Created on: Monday 4th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Darwen', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-CE1351
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Published
Robertson 2000, 419 no. 1754: ""A stone cross 2 ft. high, with some Roman coins under it, was found near Guide about 1865 on the direct line of the Roman road from Ribchester through Blackburn to Manchester." VCH Lancs. VI (1911), 278, from a lecture given by the Rev. R. N. Whitaker, vicar of Whalley in 1867 Undated"
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eccleshill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-E3E2C1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy nummus of Theodosius dating to the period AD 388 to 402 (Reece Period 21). Reverse type SALVS REI PVBLICAE Victory advancing left, holding trophy with barred rho to left. The mint is Constantinople. The diameter is 14mm, and the weight is 1.14g. Obverse inscription is D N THEODO SIVS P F AVG and the reverse inscription is SALVS REI PVBLICAE.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Turton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-E3E477
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy nummus of the house of Constantine dating to the period AD 330 to 331 (Reece Period 17). Reverse type GLORIA EXERCITVS Two soldiers and two standards. The mint is Arelatum (Arles). The diameter is 16mm, and the weight is 2.19g. Obverse inscription is illegible and the reverse inscription is GLORIA EXERCITUS.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Turton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-F87A23
Object type: STEELYARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy steelyard balance, probably dating to the late first or second century AD. The steelyard consists of a round sectioned arm with notched calibrations. The side loops correspond with the two sets of calibration notches. Three square sectioned copper alloy wire loops are still present, one at the end of the steelyard and one on a side loop. Several parallels are recorded on the PAS database, including a complete example from Staffordshire (WMID-184456). A complete steelyard, including balance pan but no weights, was recovered from the Boudican destruction deposits in…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd February 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-31D3DE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Nummus, Constantius II (as Caesar), Trier, 332-33AD, RIC 540. Obv: FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C. Laureate, cuirassed bust right. Rev: GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS. Two soldiers with shields and spears, two standards between them. Exergue: TR[dot]P. The diameter is 17mm and the weight 2.57g.
Created on: Tuesday 16th August 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-C2A2F4
Object type: CURSE TABLET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A folded lead alloy tablet of unknown date, possibly a 'Roman curse tablet' (AD 70-410). Although this object has been classified as a curse tablet, it is possibly more modern and may have performed an entirely different function, perhaps such as a weight or ingot. The object is formed of a thin lead strip that has been folded over and over. The end of the strip is raised slightly from the rest of the metal. The object is undecorated, and flat. As the object cannot be unrolled without damaging it, we cannot be sure if there is an inscription within. The surface is grey with patches of…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd August 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-9B690D
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable Roman copper alloy casting waste with the probable imprint of a human thumb or finger. The surface of the depression has myriad small peaks consistent with a digit being put on and lifted off the metal before it fully cooled. Suggested date based on patina and colour in relation to other copper alloy artefacts from the area is c43 to c410 AD, though it could well be earlier or later. Length 55mm, width 25mm, thickness 4mm, weight 36.47g.
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2022
Last updated: Saturday 21st January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Blackburn', grid reference and parish protected.