Record ID: WREX-631249
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy sestertius of Trajan (AD 98-117), probably dating to the period AD 104-111 (Reece period 5) Obverse has Laureate bust right with drapery on left shoulder with the legend IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS (V P P). Reverse has Roma helmeted and in military dress seated left on cuirass, holding Victory and vertical spear, helmet under right foot, head in helmet under left, by cuirass one round and two oblong shields.Legend reads S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C.Mint of Rome. As BMC, p. 165, no. 780; RIC II, p 279, no. 489. Diameter: 33.35mm; weight: 26.8g
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 5th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Atcham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-637CF5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn silver denarius of Trajan (AD 98-117), dating to the period AD 98-117 (Reece period 5). Obverse: [...], Laureate bust right, with possible drapery on left shoulder. Reverse: [...] OPTIMO PRIN[...], Uncertain standing figure left holding cornucopiae and unclear object. Probably mint of Rome. Diameter: 17.4mm; weight: 2.7g
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 5th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oswestry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-650616
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified copper alloy object with inlaid enamel and millefiori panels, initially thought to be a Roman seal box dating from 1st to mid 3rd century AD. The object is square in plan with two small rounded projections, one on each of the long sides. The upper surface has been divided into three rows of four square shaped cells.Each of the four corner cells contains a black and which chequer-board pattern of miliflori.The other cells are empty but may originally have contained coloured enamel. The underside of the object has a green/brown patina. Length: 14.04mm; width: 16.86mm;…
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oswestry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-644B77
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman (AD c. 350-450) an incomplete cast copper-alloy buckle with a zoomorphic frame. The frame is almost complete. It is a sub D-shape with a slightly narrowed strap bar. The loop opposite has a moulded notch with fine ring-and-dot motif either side. The exterior edge of the corners has a flat projection with abraded edges which would have been a horse. The other corner is broken, but not recently. The reverse is undecorated. The pin is moulded and curled around the frame. The terminal of the pin is slightly swollen and tapers to a blunt point. The surface of the frame has a light-gr…
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Studley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-633F6B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Galerius (AD 293-311), dating to the period c.AD 303-305 (Reece period 15). GENIO POPVLI ROMANI reverse type depicting Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae. Minted in Trier. RIC VI, p. 200, no. 594b.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th March 2021
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Record ID: WAW-638C71
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman coin: A copper-alloy sesterius or as dating to the first to mid third centuries. Unknown Reece period. The reverse type is illegible. Probably mint of Rome.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Studley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-6083F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn copper-alloy sestertius dating to the 1st or 2nd century, c. AD 1-199. Issuing Emperor, Reece period and reverse type unknown due to wear.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nayland-with-Wissington', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-61A5E6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn copper-alloy radiate struck for either Victorinus or Tetricus I (AD 269-271 and AD 271-274) dating to c. AD 269-274. Reece period 13. Reverse: uncertain due to wear, female figure standing left holding cornucopia, drapery over left arm. Gallic mint.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nayland-with-Wissington', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-5EDD4A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative, hinged brooch of Mackreth's (2011) Chapter 3, Type 4 or 5. The remaining portions of both wings are plain, both terminating in old breaks. They exhibit a transverse seam across the underside within which can be seen the remains of the iron axis bar. At the centre of the head is a slot for this missing pin. The bow tapers back from the head, terminiating in an old break. It exhibits worn traces of a border and triple element running down the middle, the centre ridge possibly beaded. The foot and catchplate are missing. See: Mackre…
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Sunday 24th June 2018
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Record ID: NMS-5FB4B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy umbonate plate brooch of Mackreth's (2011) Chapter 7 Type 6.d. The boss exhibits two concentric rings of triangular cells, some of whcih retain traces of blue enamel. This is then bordered by a concentric groove flanked on either side by a prominent ridge. The bordering flange is heavily damaged, but retains traces of three projecting rounded lobes, each of which bears a stamped dot and circle. See: Mackreth, D.F, 2011, Vol. I, p. 165 & Vol. II, p. 111, pl. 108, no. 11180.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
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Record ID: NMS-613BBC
Object type: LOCK
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy lock pin dating to the period c. AD 43 - 409. The circular head is 'spindle-shaped' and tapers into a tapering circular-sectioned shank. Cf. Crummy 1983, 124, nos. 4142-3. These are often identified as local pins from a locking mechanism, but may have had other functions such as decorative fittings or furniture handles.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2018
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Record ID: NMS-623797
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy finger ring of Henig's Type VIIIa dating to the period c. AD 150 - 300. The oval bezel has a raised collar decorated with three pairs of risges on either side. The recess is filled with soil and traces of a degraded off-white substance, probably an adhesive for a missing paste or glass setting. On one side of the bezel is a transverse break. On the other side is a D-shaped shoulder, tapering into the remains of the loop which terminates in a worn break.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 17th August 2018
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Record ID: NMS-628373
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy finger ring dating to the period c. AD 43 - 409. Less than half remains. The loop expands from a worn break into the shoulder which exhibits a lenticular moulding below a narrow transverse collar followed by a domed oval boss. On the other side is a second transverse collar followed by a break.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 5th April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-633EB7
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman lead steelyard weight, sub pear-shaped, stumps of missing iron loop visible in the narrowed upper end. Height 43mm. Diameter 41mm. Weight 270g. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 5th April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-636F5E
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy zoomorphic spindle from a pair of dividers in the form of a bird perched on the top of a shaft. The pointed oval head has a blind hole drilled on either side of the head The wings are splayed out from the body and slightly recessed. The body tapers into the tail. The feathers on wings and tail are both indicated by a series of fine engraved lines. The integrally cast cylindrical shank exhibits a vertical perforation 5mm long. The tip exhibits a circumferential grooved collar. A similar example with a bovine-headed terminal was found in Suffolk in 2004 (SF-A3C1A5).
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2018
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Record ID: NARC-5FAB8B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Brooch of Roman date (AD 43-410). The retained portion is the lower bow and catchplate. The bow is D shaped in section and slightly tapering rectangular in plan. The bow has two circumferential transverse incised lines above the foot. The catchplate is sub-triangular and recurved. The metal is a mid-green in colour with a slightly pitted patina. Length: 32.24mm, Width: 4.04mm, Thickness (bow): 3.65mm, Weight: 4.4g.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th April 2018
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Record ID: DENO-636300
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Roman sestertius of Hadrian (AD 117-138), dating to the period AD 132-134 (Reece period 6). FELICITATI AVG COS III P P S C reverse type depicting galley travelling right with oarsmen and steersman, standard on prow. Minted in Rome. RIC II, p. 431, no. 703e. Diameter: 31.1mm; Thickness: 3.8mm; Weight: 23.6mm.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 4th June 2018
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Record ID: BH-5F8953
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy barbarous radiate dating to the period AD 275 to 285 (Reece period 14). Uncertain reverse type depicting standing figure.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2020
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Record ID: BH-60B4FF
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron mount or binding, possibly dating to the Roman period. The object consists of a parallel-sided iron strip, broken at both ends. One end is broken around a perforation. The object measures 51mm in length, 28mm in width and 4mm in thickness. It weighs 20 grams.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 2nd September 2019
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Record ID: BH-60E1C6
Object type: FERRULE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron object, possibly a conical ferrule dating to the Roman period. The object consists of a circular-section shaft, broken around a socket at one end. There is possibly wood preserved inside. The other end tapers towards a break. The object measures 106mm in length with a maximum external diameter of 21mm and internal diameter of 10mm. It weighs 62 grams.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 2nd September 2019
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