Record ID: BERK-01883A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Romano-British lugged disc plate brooch dating to the second century AD. The brooch is discoidal in plan with enamelled cells and eight peripheral lugs, one of which is broken and missing. The brooch has three internal circular cells, the innermost cell now being devoid of any decoration or insert. The two outer bands feature alternating panels of red and green enamell, the green panels being twice the size of the red panels. Separating the enamelled cells are solid concentric bands of silver, or silvered (white-metal coated) copper alloy. The periphera…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
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Record ID: BERK-015F4A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy Roman plate brooch probably dating to the 2nd century. Centrally is a rounded lozenge extending from two corners of which are rounded projections with shallow hollows, which would have contained coloured enamel. There may have been four projections originally, the missing two projecting from the top and bottom of the lozenge-shaped plate. Centrally is a projecting oval which has been engraved into the form of a human face. The head has a deep line over the top of the brow, and one attached to this that extends between the eyes and on to the nose - this may…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2019
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Record ID: BERK-008282
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and hardly worn silver early-medieval penny of Edward the Confessor (AD 1042-1066), pointed helmet type dating to the period AD 1053-1056. Struck by the moneyer Brihtwold in Oxford. The obverse shows a bearded bust facing right, wearing a pointed helmet. His right arm and hand are shown holding a sceptre fleury. The reverse shows a short cross voided with each arm ending in three small crescents, facing to the border. North N825. BMC vii.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th March 2018
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Record ID: BERK-0062A3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy Iron Age Gallo-Belgic (Belgium and northeast France) unit or potin of the Suessiones tribe (north-east of Paris). Cottam et al.'s 'Soissons Eye Boar' type dating from c.60 - 20 BC (ABC 85). The potin is in very good condition and shows very little wear. This is listed as an extremely rare coin for Britain, but are more common on the Continent - twelve others have been reocrd by the PAS and this is the first from Oxfordshire. BMC Celtic Coins III, 444-447; Delestree and Tache I, 530-531A.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th March 2018
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Record ID: BERK-00477B
Object type: SPUD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The remains of a small socketed iron tool, possibly a Roman spud. The tool has an unevenly worn crescentic blade which narrows in to the remains of a circular socket. It appears that the small section of the socket retained may be open, a trait often seen on iron objects and weapons of Iron age through to early-medieval date. This tool is similar to Roman 'spuds' - a tool used for cleaning other blades (like plough blades), or for barking (stripping bark which could be used in the tanning process) or even as a type of hoe. Manning (1985 plate 19) illustrates similar objects.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 19th November 2020
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Record ID: BERK-001B38
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-medieval lead alloy token, dated (AD) 1752. The token is well cast and decorative; one faces bears a five-pointed star or flower with pellets both within and between each petal, while the other side of the token has the initials S (dot) B above an exergue which contains the date 1752. Quite often tokens with dates on have been poorly designed, with numbers and letters appearing the wrong way round. However this is a good quality token and remains in good condition. Leaden tokens or tallies are little understood artefacts; they may have been payment tokens (like 19t…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2018
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Record ID: BERK-FFF2B5
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy early phase palstave dating to the Middle Bronze Age (c. 1500-1300 BC): The blade of the palstave is sub-trapezoidal in plan with slightly concave sides, flared blade tips, and no side loop. The cutting edge is slightly abraded on one edge although this appears to cut through the patina suggesting post-depositional damage. The sides of the blade are concave in plan, and this curvature stops at the junction of the blade and flange side. In profile the blade is sub-triangular with the widest section being before the stop ridge. The stop ridge has a small hole bef…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd March 2022
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Record ID: BERK-FFC2BF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval silver penny, probably of Richard I (AD 1189-1199), dating to the period AD 1190-1194. Probably Class 3a/b. Struck by the moneyer Stivene in London. North N967.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 18th February 2021
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Record ID: BERK-FF9BAC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Roman copper alloy contemporary copy of a radiate of Claudius II, posthumous issue dating to the period AD 270-285. Reece Period 17. CONSECRATIO reverse type depicting altar. No legends remain (the coin may have been clipped or struck on a small flan without legends).
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2018
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Record ID: BERK-FF8A5B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Roman nummus of Crispus, dating to the period AD 322-323 (Reece Period 16). BEATA TRANQVILLITAS reverse type depicting globe on altar inscribed with VO / TIS / XX, three stars above. Lyon mint. RIC VII p133, no.166.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 19th March 2018
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Record ID: BERK-FF7369
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and incomplete copper alloy Roman nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337), dating to the period AD 324-330. Reece Period 16. PROVIDENTIAE AVGG reverse type, mint of Arles.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 19th March 2018
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Record ID: BERK-FEFF44
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy nail-cleaner with ribbing down the shaft (Group) of Roman date (AD 43-410). The nail cleaner is a small example, with a square cross section and moulded ribbed, beaded and collared sections on the handle. The nail cleaner has a tapering shank with bifurcated terminal. Unusually there is no attachment loop. Similar examples include SUSS-9A6B26, NMGW-490201.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Sunday 30th August 2020
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Record ID: BERK-FED5BA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but broken lead alloy finger ring of late medieval / early post-medieval date. The hoop and bezel have been made as two separate pieces and then soldered together. The slightly damaged bezel takes the form of a disc, the central area of which is occupied by a design, in negative relief, of a male's head facing right. An impression made of the bezel design is unclear but the figure appears to have large cheeks and a diademed head, possibly intending to have been a religious figure like St John the Baptist, or possibly the head of Christ. However the detail is too worn to…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2018
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Record ID: BERK-FE7FAB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete plated copper alloy (contemporary copy) of an Iron Age stater of Addedomaros of the Eastern Catuvellauni, dating to the period 45-25 BC. The coin is Cottam's (2010) 'Addedomaros Crescent Cross' type (ABC 2514 / VA 1605 / BMC 2390-94).The copper alloy core has corroded through to the glod plating in many places.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2018
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Record ID: BERK-FE63B0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy vessel mount of medieval or post-medieval date century date (c. 1200-1700). The mount is broadly lentoid in plan although the edges all display old, worn breaks. At the top of the mount are two loops, unevenly formed and not parallel to each other nor the main element of the mount. Separating the looped section and the main body of the mount is a wide, raised collar. The front of the mount has cast decoration in the form of the head of a bearded male, possibly a 'green man' type design depicting a woodland or other god. There are traces of a white m…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
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Record ID: BERK-FE423E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy finger ring dating to the Roman period. The finger ring is small in size and has shoulders which are lentoidal in section and broaden to form a flat, oval bezel. The bezel has an off-white coloured paste which when damp appears light green in colour. 1st-3rd centuries AD.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2018
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Record ID: BERK-FDE02F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-medieval silver Scottish six shillings of Charles I (AD 1625-1649), dated AD 1629. The coin has a right facing bust instead of the usual left, seen on English coins. The coin was equivalent in face value to a contemporary English sixpence. Spink 5543. This is only the second coin of its type recorded on this database. For the other see LVPL-020D82
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2018
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