Record ID: KENT-07C1ED
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete enamelled Roman copper alloydisc brooch. The brooch has an outer raised border which encloses a field of white enamel, within which there is a circular pattern of alternating enamel round dots, red with yellow centres and teardrops dots which appear to have been turquoise from the one remaining example. Raised central circular border divides enamel from central fitting which contains some Iron corrosion. Roughly 45% of the white enamel and its associated dots is missing from the field on the left side due to post depositional damage. The sides have no decoration. The rev…
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 30th April 2015
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Record ID: KENT-AD8392
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The incomplete head of a Roman copper alloy heavyweight crossbow brooch dating to the mid 4th century. Keller type K4 ( Keller 1971 Type4, cited from Hattatt 1987, 285-287).. Of the full brooch only one of the integral 'wings' in the form of a rounded bar terminating in collared biconical knob, the riverted central knob of a similar design to the arm terminal and a stub of the bow remains. The brooch head is a mottled grey-brown covered in light green patinaiton. Measurements: 21.2mm long, 34.1mm, 20.7mm in height, arm is 6.9mm thick. 27.42g in weight.
Created on: Thursday 17th September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 24th September 2015
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Record ID: KENT-CD8FC8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy La Tène III type brooch dating from the 1st Century BC- 1st century AD (Hattatt 1987, 22). The brooch consists of a thin bow roughly ovoid in section which turns a near righ end down toward the spring. The spring/pin, which would orignally have been an integral continutation of the bow coiled around on itself has been broken off halfway through the second coil. At the foot end a simple catchplate remains, although it has been flatted out from its orignal shape. The brooch is a deep turquoise in colour as a result of copper-alloy patination. The brooch was produced f…
Created on: Friday 6th November 2015
Last updated: Friday 13th November 2015
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Record ID: KENT-7882DB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval gilded copper alloy small radiate-headed brooch dating from the mid sixth century. Description: The brooch has a semi-circular head plate decorated with a chip-carved Salin's Style I zoomorphic design depicting a crouched beast left, possibly a duck or other bird. This is surrounded by a raised border. The head has three rounded knobs, one at the top and one to each side; the knob on the right side has now broken away. The brooch has a shallow arched bow carinated on the front, and concave behind. The central raised ridges of the carinated bow are beaded li…
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2016
Last updated: Friday 17th June 2022
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Record ID: KENT-714191
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gilt copper-alloy medieval cloisonné enamel brooch, dating to the late 10th to early 11th centuries AD, of the well attested Saunderton type (more recently Weetch type 20.A). The brooch is roughly circular with 7 projecting rounded knops around the cricumferential flange that marks the edge of the backplate. Each knop has a blub of either dark blue cobalt (5 total) or medium turquoise enamel (2 total) and the base of each knop is integral to the backplate. The circular body of the brooch is decorated with a cloisonné design formed by seven C-shaped strips of copper…
Created on: Friday 19th February 2016
Last updated: Friday 6th July 2018
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Record ID: KENT-F016EE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and highly worn gilt copper-alloy Medieval annular brooch dating c. 1200-1400AD. The brooch's frame is circular and relatively flat and very very thin, roughly vasica in shape. One side has the inscription "[J:E:S:]V:S N:A:Z:A:R:E:N:V:[S] R:I:Z [___]" in Lombardic script while the other is blank. it is possible the script was intended to originally read IESUS NAZARENUS REX IUDAEORUM, or Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews, or simply IESUS NAZARENUS REX. Both are relatively common inscriptions on this type of brooch (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 164, 1336/1337) however it is …
Created on: Thursday 25th February 2016
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2016
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Record ID: KENT-BBADE3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-Scandinavian early-medieval copper-alloy disc brooch, of Weetch type 3, dating c. AD 850-1000. Description: The brooch is a disc shape with circumferential decoration made of irregularly shaped rectangles. Unusually, the central boss is devoid of decoration (compared to a more common type with a backwards looking 'beast'), but does have the usual slightly domed/convex shape. The reverse of the brooch is undecorated and has an unusual pin and catch-plate arangement which consists of an integrally cast pin lug that is rectangular in form with a single circ…
Created on: Monday 11th April 2016
Last updated: Friday 6th July 2018
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Record ID: KENT-FC8BD1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age copper-alloy La Tene I, box type brooch, (c. 400 BC-c. 200 BC). The spring, pin, catchplate and part of the foot are missing. The bow is convex at the front and rear. Both the front and rear of the bow have three longitudinal facets running its overall length. From the stub at the top, the sides of the bow flares in width to the centre and then taper inwards to the catch-plate In side profile the bow is strongly arched. This brooch has an even bluish green patina with some minor pitting. Measurements: 31.55mm long, 16.21mm high, 5.84mm thick and 5.59g i…
Created on: Thursday 14th April 2016
Last updated: Thursday 6th July 2017
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Record ID: KENT-0FF983
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy near complete early Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch, with unusual foot. The brooch has a small regular rectangular head, undecorated and with two evenly spaced large rivet holes blocked with iron corrosion. These have been used to attach a separate copper-alloy plate, perhaps a repair for a broken spring. The steeply arched, long narrow bow has a fairly long rectangular-section panel at both top and bottom. The top panel is decorated at its top with a set of three closely spaced incised parallel transverse grooves. There are traces of more transverse grooves partially …
Created on: Friday 15th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North-West of Folkestone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-10E641
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete tinned/silvered copper-alloy early Early-Medieval brooch of long equal-arm type. The brooch is complete, save for the foot, which has snapped behind the catchplate. Both headplate and footplate appear to have been identical; viewed from the front, they are roughly triangular, with the sides tapering from the bow towards the ends. At the top of the head, the brooch finishes in a double-lobed terminal, each lobe decorated with an incised ring-and-dot motif; there is another ring-and-dot motif between and below these, then three more widely spaced similar motifs running …
Created on: Friday 15th April 2016
Last updated: Thursday 1st November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North-West of Folkestone', grid reference and parish protected.