Record ID: IOW-FFF670
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and worn Roman copper-alloy radiate of Gallienus (sole reign) dating to the period AD 260-268 (Reece period 13). AEQVITAS AVG reverse type depicting Aequitas standing left holding scales and cornucopiae. Mint of Rome. Mintmark [ ]//[ ] Obverse: [GALLIENVS AVG]; Radiate head right Reverse: [A]EQVIT[AS AVG]; (Aequitas standing left holding scales and cornucopiae) Diameter: 15.6mm. Weight: 0.99g. DA=12:6. Cunetio p. 114, cf. nos. 1081 & 1084-5
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-FFCE43
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman coin: A silver denarius of Julia Mamaea, dating to AD 227 (Reece Period 10). VESTA reverse type depicting Vesta standing holding a paera and sceptre. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, pt 2, p. 99, no. 362.
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Monday 16th November 2020
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Record ID: NARC-FE3AA5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger ring with a lozenge shaped raised bezel. The bezel has a lozenge shaped clear glass inset, which is loose from the finger ring. A medieval gold finger-ring, with a lozenge-shaped setting containing a transparent imitation 'gemstone'. The hoop is stirrup-shaped and is 19mm in diameter. The hoop is 1.5mm thick at its reverse. The lozenge shaped bezel is 5mm deep and 10mm wide. Inside the empty bezel cell is some dark and white residue, which are the decayed remains of the adhesive used to hold the glass inset in place. The loose glass inset is 5mm x 7mm x 3mm. It is ch…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th August 2016
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Record ID: WMID-FCBC36
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands) dating from the late 1st to early 2nd centuries, circa AD80-120. The head of the brooch including the wings and the remains of a spring hook survive. The bow terminates to a broken terminal just below the wings. The majority of the bow, foot, spring and pin are missing due to old breaks. The condition of the remaining brooch is extremely worn due to movement in the plough soil. The wings are hollow with ends that are rounded by wear. A slight central knop is present a…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Friday 14th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shrewsbury Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-FBB756
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Denarius of Diva Paulina, wife of Maximian I (AD 235-8), dating to AD 236 (Reece Period 11), CONSECRATIO, Peacock facing with spread tail. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, pt 2, p. 153, cf. no. 1; BMC VI, p. 233, cf. no. 135. weight 2.73g, The recorder suggested that the black colouring means it might be a cast copy, but the features seem sharp and the surface does not immediately suggest casting. However, the A above Paulina's head does merge with the beading and the overall look of the coin is quite glossy. Finally, the weight of 2.73g is slightly light, three denarii in the British Museum we…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2020
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Record ID: DENO-FB27E6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver denarius of Augustus (27 BC - AD 14), dating to AD 13-14 (Reece Period 1), [TI CAESAR AVG F TR POT XV], Bare head of Tiberius right. Mint of Lugdunum (Lyon). RIC I, p. 56, no. 226; BMC I, no. 507. Obverse countermarked with crescent and cross; reverse with S. (The National Finds Advisor thanks the finder for advising on the correct identification of this coin)
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holbrook Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-FB2336
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy socketed axehead dating from the Early Iron Age, that is c. 800-600BC. The axehead is 62.3mm long and weighs 45.8g. The blade is 42.5mm wide and 1.5mm thick. The mouth is 19.6mm x 19.4mm wide and the walls are 4.7mm thick. The axehead is 24.6mm wide at the loop. The axehead is in good condition with only part of the blade missing and the surface slightly damaged. The surface is pitted in some places, but overall smooth and with a dark green, shiny patina. The blade is widely splayed and looks sharpened/re-sharpened although the small size of the axe suggests that it …
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Monday 16th April 2018
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Record ID: SUR-FA91F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of the frame of a silver-gilt annular brooch. Both sides are neatly decorated with inscriptions in Lombardic capitals reserved against a cross hatched field. The inscriptions read: AVE MARIA G[RACIA PLENA] / [IESVS NAZAREN]VS REX IV(DOREM) (Hail Mary full of grace / Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews) A number of similar brooches, some in copper alloy, have been recorded, eg NCLD1AF46; NMS-917C53; CAM-A2CDB7; NMS-185F14.
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2023
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Record ID: HESH-FA35F7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, Middle Severn Valley), cf. Mackreth 2011, 3. Plate 46, pg. 71. The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated wing / end caps. The axis bar, and spring are present - the pin is lost; the spring is held by a copper alloy axis bar and is formed of eleven turns and attached by an external loop which passes through a rearward facing lug positioned at the mid-point. The profile of the brooch is curved / comma shaped. The bow head of the brooch is hump-like, and slightly angular. The bow is semi…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2022
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Record ID: LON-F80D08
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A contemporary copy of a Roman copper alloy as of Claudius I (AD 41-54) (Reece Period 1). Obverse: blundered legend and head left. Reverse S C, Minerva advancing right. Type as RIC I, nos. 100 / 116. See Boon, Counterfeit Coins in Roman Britain, pl. IV, no. 53 for a similar copy. Robert Kenyon, following on from the work by the French scholars P-A. Besombes and M. Bompaire (in Trésors Monétaires XXI, 2005), is working through the British examples of Claudian coinage recorded through the PAS assigning many so-called Claudian contemporary copies to Roman auxiliary mints which operated…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2020
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Record ID: CAM-F7C941
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description of the coins: The coins range in date from the second century AD to the late third century AD. Most of them are of the third century denomination known as a radiate (from the spiked crown worn by the emperor on the coin), predominantly made of copper-alloy with a tiny admixture of silver. The majority of the coins are of a type commonly referred to as a 'barbarous' radiate. This denotes a copy of local production rather than an official imperial issue. Barbarous radiates tend to copy types dating to the second half of the third century AD and their production is thought to…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2017
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Record ID: WILT-F78F04
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Constantine II as Caesar (AD 317-337), dating to AD 320 (Reece Period 16), VIRTVS EXERCIT reverse type depicting two captives seated back to back against a central standard inscribed VOT XX. Mint of Thessalonica. RIC VII, p. 508, no. 80.
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Devizes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-F73775
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete early Anglo-Saxon sword pommel made from gold over a copper-alloy core. The pommel is of cocked-hat form and is decorated with panels of beaded wire filigree. One end is missing, the break is irregular and the broken edge of the copper alloy core has the same pale green patina as the rest of the visible surface. There is some dirt embedded in the rough broken surface. The front and back panels are decorated with the same design, of an unusual central quatrefoil knot with interlace to each side. The quatrefoil is made from two interlaced elongated oval loops …
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: KENT-F71218
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A lightly clipped silver Roman Siliqua of Eugenius (AD 392-394), dating to c. AD 392-394 (Reece period 21). VIRTVS RO-MANORVM reverse type depicting Roma seated left on cuirass, holding reversed spear in left hand and victory on a globe in right hand. Mint of Trier, -//TRPS. As RIC IX, p. 33, no. 106d; Hoxne no. 628. Measurement: 18mm in diameter and weight: 1.26g.
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 12th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cobham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-F70684
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A late Roman copper alloy nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-37), dating AD 310-13. Reece period 15. SOLI INVICTO COMITI reverse depicting the bust of Sol. Minted in Trier. RIC VI, no. 886. A parallel can be found in Moorehead (2013, 163 fig. 24) and the same coins is found on the PAS database: LIN-D51323. Dimensions: diameter: 24.07 mm; weight: 2.01g. Reference: Moorhead, S. 2013. A History of Roman Coinage in Britain. Witham: Greenlight Publishing.
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2016
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Record ID: YORYM-F6AE88
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2014 T45. CATALOGUE Notes The following abbreviations are used for the names of the rulers: A = Arcadius H = Honorius Busts as RIC VIII & X: D = Draped & cuirassed 3 pearl-diademed Z = Uncertain CF1-4 = degrees of clipping evident Summary: MINT Trier Milan Unc. Total 379-388 - - 2 2 388-395 - 1 - 1 395-402 - 6 - 6 388-402 - - 5 5 388-402 - 7 7 14 Conclusion: As there are more than two coins over 300 years old with …
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 27th October 2022
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Record ID: YORYM-F67716
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2014 T46. A complete gold finger-ring of late Early-Medieval date. It is composed of two plain circular-sectioned rods twisted together with two finer beaded wires twisted in between, resulting in alternating plain and beaded bands. The rods taper in diameter to the ends which are hammered together to form a narrow, square-sectioned join. This ring is of a late Viking type dating to the 11th century and possibly into the early 12th century in Scandinavia. Date: Early-Medieval: 9th - 11th Century Dimensions: Length: 26.1mm; Width: 21.9mm; T…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Friday 17th July 2020
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