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Record ID: WILT-070BD9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy nummus, dating to c. AD 330-402.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
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Record ID: WILT-0684AE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman copper alloy finger ring, probably dating c. AD 250-410. The ring consists of a rectangular sectioned hoop decorated with a series of bevelled notches on alternating edges of the outer face. Dimensions: diameter: 19.6mm; the hoop 1.5mm thick; weight 0.73g. Cf. Crummy (1981: 38-41) nos. 1653 & 1766.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2019
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Record ID: WILT-062AB9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy colchester derivative Polden Hill brooch, dating to c AD 75 -175. The brooch survives largely complete, missing only the pin and axis bar, and with damage to the wing caps and catch plate. At the head of the brooch the wings survive complete to a width of 37.6mm; these are C-shaped in cross section, with incomplete, perforated wing caps closing either end. A longitudinally alinged perforated crest arcs over the top of the head, traces of iron corrosion suggesting an iron pin, now lost. The front of the wings are decorated with a series of parallel, longitudina…
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2019
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Record ID: WILT-05F68E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of Constantine I dating to AD 323-324 (Reece Period 16), SARMATIA DEVICTA reverse type depicting Victory going left treading on captive. Mint of Trier. RIC VII Treveri 435
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th December 2018
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Record ID: WILT-0562EE
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy mount, probably dating to c. AD 1150-1450. The mount comprises a central circular boss with a convex front and concave reverse. The front of the boss has a circular central piercing with squared off edges on the upper surface, c 1.8mm x 1.8mm. There are five transverse incised lines with a number of longitudinal ones either side of the piercing creating a chequer board effect. Expanding from the logitudinal ends of the boss are perforated rectangular lugs, each holding a separately made copper alloy rivet in situ. One is smaller than the other, ie the larger is…
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
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Record ID: WILT-055C43
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Constantius II (AD 323-361), dating to the period c.AD 336 (Reece period 17). GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS reverse type depicting two soldiers standing either side of one standard. Mint of Rome. As RIC VII, p.344, no. 383.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 16th January 2019
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Record ID: WILT-04E485
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy bead, probably dating to c. 800 BC - AD 100. The bead is circular in plan and biconical in cross section, with a circumferential ridge emphasised by slight incised lines. The bead has a large, central, circular perforation 6.2mm in diameter. Dimensions: diameter 15.1mm; thickness 7.3mm weight 5.14g. cf. BH-431B44 and SUR-14AA83, amongst others for similar examples on this database. A larger example, but of similar form, was excavated at Camerton and dated to c. 50 BC - AD 50 (Jackson 1990: 48 & plt. 14).
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
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Record ID: WILT-0496BC
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post-Medieval sheet copper alloy dagger scabbard chape dating to c. AD 1300-1600. This example is made from a copper alloy sheet, about 0.75mm thick, that has been rolled into a broadly conical shape with an overlapping, soldered join on the reverse. The terminal of the chape is open, with a slightly projecting knop. The chape is decorated with three longitudinal incised lines, with two sub-lozengiform sewing loops at the attachment end. Dimensions: length 30.08mm; width 17.46mm; weight 5.09g (NB this includes soil which completely fills the item currently…
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 16th January 2019
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Record ID: WILT-03CF75
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy strip bow brooch, a British variant of an Aucissa brooch, dating to c. AD 20 - 70. The surviving fragment comprises of the upper bow and damaged head, the rest of the brooch being lost to old breaks. The head of the brooch is rolled back to hold an iron axis bar, partially surviving in situ and with a rectangualr slot cut to accommodate a hinged pin. The bow has slightly convex edges, possibly exaggerated by wear, and is decorated by two deep, V-shaped grooves running parallel to and flanking a central longitudinal band of corded decoration, of inc…
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
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Record ID: WILT-03A637
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper alloy pot leg, of Butler, Green and Payne's type C, probably dating to c. AD 1500-1700. The leg is sub-rectangular in plan and plano-convex in cross-section, with a prominent transverse collar dividing the foot and leg, with the latter lost to an old break. The inside edge is flat and plain, whilst the foot has five prominent longitudinal ridges down its front. Dimensions: length 46.7mm; width 26.1mm; thickness 18.0mm; weight 68.01g. Butler, Green & Payne (2009) classify such legs as their type C, in use by the 16th century and ubiquitous by the 17th.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th December 2018
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Record ID: WILT-0334C1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval copper alloy strap end, probably dating to c. AD 1200-1450. The strap end consists of a sub-rectangular plate of copper alloy, the attachment end lost to an old break and with sides tapering into the terminal. this is elaborated with a sub-rectangular knop with additional separate sub-square front plate, decorated with an incised cross-hatched pattern. A second, separate backplate is of the same shape as the main plate, but is incomplete and survives at only the terminal end. Dimensions: length 35.4mm; width 7.2mm at break, 5.4mm at terminal; the plate is 0.…
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
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Record ID: WILT-030426
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver penny of Henry II, dating to c. AD 1180-1189. Voided short cross class 1ab. Probably Canterbury mint, uncertain moneyer. North (1994: 220) no. 962/1.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
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Record ID: WILT-028B0E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy Developed T-shaped brooch (South Western type), probably dating to c. AD 100-200. The surviving section comprises the head and upper bow. At the head cylindrical wings survive complete, retaining a copper alloy axis bar and the triangular perforated lug of the hinged pin in situ. Either wing tip is decorated with a semi-circumferential groove. A headplate projects from the top of the head, with the vestigial remains of an integral headloop, surmounting a transverse collar. The bow is rectangular (flat) in section, leaving the head at about 120 degrees …
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 28th July 2020
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