Record ID: BERK-1DA34A
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy strap clasp or buckle frame dating to the medieval period. The main clasp frame is rectangular in plan with a cast knop in the form of a crowned head on the outer bar. The features including detail in the crown, the eyes nose and mouth has been enhanced by engraving. The shoulders widen below the 'neck' before turning into the main frame and decreasing in size. Gilmore's Head and Shoulders type, dating to the 14th century AD (see http://finds.org.uk/blogs/westmidlands/2011/01/06/kings-head-strap-clasps-or-buckles/).
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2019
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Record ID: BERK-1D5AC2
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy toggle dating from the Late Iron Age to Early Roman period (c. 100 BC-AD 100). The main body is dumbbell-shaped and broadly circular in cross-section. There is a moulded groove beneath the loop, while scored grooves around the ends of the dumbbell are the only other decoration. The sub-triangular attachment loop extends from the centre of the dumbbell and curves up and backwards. Two similar toggles with dome-headed terminals have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database; See finds: IOW-D9EA47 and BH-CC04C0. A similar toggle can be seen in …
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2023
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Record ID: BERK-1D0EF3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy mount, possibly a strap fitting, of post-medieval date. The mount is sub-triangular with a extended knop at its peak. The mount has been heavily gilded, which obscures much of the moulded detail. This moulded details appears to comprise a cherub's head surrounded by a ruff and floral decoration with scrolls below; the style suggests a c.17th century date. On the reverse of the mount is the remains of an integrally cast shank, probably for attachment to the strap. Similar designs are seen on clothes fasteners of 16th or 17th century date, while cherubs w…
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th December 2014
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Record ID: BERK-1CB536
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but worn cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount dating to the late early-medieval period. Williams Class B, Type 2, Group 3. The mount is a broadly triangular with an elogated peak, but with notched or wavy sides, an element incorporated (now worn) zoomorphic designs. the stirrup mount has an openwork design that consists of three opposing pairs of perforations, i.e. six perforations in total, with the upper pair set closer together. Between the lower two pairs of perforations is two raised, moulded, zoomorphic heads, now worn and indistinct. Flanking these on the externa…
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th August 2015
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Record ID: BERK-1C53BD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus from the House of Constantine, dating to the period AD 330-335. Commemorative issue of Constantinopolis. Reece period 17. Minted in Trier. Victory on prow reverse type.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th December 2014
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Record ID: BERK-1C3278
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A well preserved copper alloy Roman nummus of Maximinus II as Caesar, dating to c. AD 307. Reece period 15. Minted in London. GENIO POP ROM reverse type. RIC VI, p. 129, no. 89a.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
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Record ID: BERK-1BFCDD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A well preserved copper alloy Roman nummus of Constantius I Caesar (AD 300-303), minted in Ticinium (Italy). Some silvering is retained, mostly on the obverse. Reece Period 15. SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR reverse type. Reference: RIC VI Ticinum 46a.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st April 2015
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Record ID: BH-1BE953
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Slender leaf-shaped gold strip, the ends folded over to form a distorted ring. Both ends are pierced; the two holes were executed from opposite sides of the strip. While one end is intact and tongue-shaped, the other is squared off and may retain the very slight trace of an original piercing or other feature. It is possible that this end was broken, re-pierced and roughly fettled. The hole at this end is blocked with soil. Length 19.8mm; maximum width of strip 13.9mm; thickness 0.9mm; weight 2.17 grams. Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface of the pierced me…
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
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Record ID: BERK-1BB606
Object type: CHAIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy surveyors; measuring tag, or 'Gunter's tag' dating to the post-medieval period. The tag has four prongs and an oval attachment hole in the peak. The surveying chain was first recorded by Edmund Gunter in 1579 and the example shown would not have pre-dated 1620, however it is not a standardly recorded type and therefore may be an early example. The surveying chain was marked at every 10 links by tags or tallies, at 10 links a single pointed tag, at 20 links a double pointed tag and so forth. These chains were based on an ancient measure of the breadth of a furrow or plou…
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th December 2014
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Record ID: BERK-1B0E67
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn copper alloy Roman nummus (AE4) from the House of Constantine, possibly of Constants and dating to the period AD 343-348. Reece Period 117. VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN reverse type, uncertain mint.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th December 2014
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Record ID: BERK-1AF3E2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn copper alloy Roman nummus (AE4) probably of Valens and dating to the period AD 364-378. Reece Period 19. GLORIA ROMANORVM reverse type, uncertain mint.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th December 2014
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Record ID: BERK-1AE635
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn copper alloy Roman radiate of an uncertain ruler. c. AD 260-275. Unclear reverse. Reece period 13.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th December 2014
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Record ID: BERK-1AD8EB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn copper alloy Roman radiate of an uncertain ruler. c. AD 260-275. Unclear reverse. Reece period 13.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th December 2014
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Record ID: BERK-1AA828
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn copper alloy Roman radiate, of Victorinus (AD 269-271) or Tetricus (AD 271-274), Reece period 13. Unclear reverse.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th December 2014
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Record ID: BERK-1A5E60
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A very worn copper alloy Roman dupondius or as of unclear emperor, c. AD 41-250 Obv. [... C]AESA[R ...]; Unclear head or bust right Rev. [?], S C; Male figure (emperor or Mars) advancing right
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2020
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Record ID: BERK-19B1C4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A worn copper alloy Roman as of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), dating to c. AD 154-155. Reece period 7. BRITANNIA COS IIII S C reverse type depicting Britannia seated on rock. Mint of Rome. RIC III, p. 142, no. 934. This is a Coin of British Association as listed by D. Walker in his study of the Sacred Spring at Bath, cf. Walker, 1988: pp. 294, 297-8, nos. 73-122, 136-288, pls. XXXV-VI.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 14th July 2017
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Record ID: BERK-197507
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper alloy Roman nummus (AE3), probably of Crispus and dating to the period AD 318-324. Reece period 16. BETA TRANQVILITAS reverse type, mint of Trier.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th December 2014
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Record ID: BERK-195AD9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus (AE2) of Constantine I, dating to the period AD 318-324. Reece period 16. SARMATIA DE VICTA reverse type, mint of Trier.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th December 2014
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Record ID: BERK-1933B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken and bent silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603), dating to AD 1584. 'A' initial mark, with date above shield. Tower mint. North N2015.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th December 2014
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Record ID: BERK-1905F5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy annular brooch of medieval date. The brooch is of unusual form, comprising eight cojoined lobe which forms the shape of the brooch. There is a constrictin for the pin, which is extant and 27.07mm in length. The upper side of the brooch is rounded while the underneath is flat. Several lobed brooches have been recorded on this database (including SWYOR-A48022, YORYM-115744, PAS-376815 and WILT-A1F047). The latter example is closest to that recorded here, having seven lobes; interesting these database examples are all silver gilt, so it is possible that the copper alloy ex…
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 11th February 2015
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