Record ID: PUBLIC-F23C36
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper-alloy Roman nail -cleaner dating to the first or second centuries AD. The fragment comprises a small portion of the leaf shaped blade terminating in two points. There is decorative groove running parallel with the edges of the blade, on both its upper and lower surface. cf. Crummy (1983) p. 58, no. 1872.
Created on: Saturday 31st December 2011
Last updated: Friday 19th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chrishall Grange', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-DEDD86
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy nummus of Constantine II as Caesar dating to the period AD 330 to 331 (Reece period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting two soldiers, two standards. Mint of Arles. RIC VII, no. 346.
Created on: Friday 30th December 2011
Last updated: Thursday 4th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Therfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-D91477
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A post medieval silver thimble or sewing ring. The thimble is made from a rolled sheet. Near the base edge of the thimble on the outer surface are stamped initials; 'MP', on a banner held up by a cherub on either side. Above the initials is a makers mark: '.JC.' within an oval with floral projections. Below the banner is a plain raised border. The rest of the thimble is covered in rows of circular indentations. The top of the thimble is open, and along one side of the thimble is the seam where the edges of the sheet meet. It is now slightly squashed and it measures 16.1mm (diameter at…
Created on: Friday 30th December 2011
Last updated: Thursday 1st November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C9C204
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy commemorative nummus of the House of Constantine - VRBS ROMA / Wolf and twins - dating to the period AD 333 to 334 (Reece period 17). Mint of Trier. RIC VII, p. 218, no. 553.
Created on: Thursday 29th December 2011
Last updated: Friday 16th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Royston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-C5EBD5
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A small irregular off-cut of gold. It appears to have been cut from a larger object, and exhibits some signs of having been hammered.
Created on: Thursday 29th December 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke Sub Hamdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-C501F3
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A complete knapped flint 'Thames pick' trancet axe core tool of Mesolithic date. All the cortex has been removed, however part of the butt end may be unknapped. The opposite end narrows to a shallow point. The upper surface has a high central longitudinal ridge, bevelled to each side. The lower surface is far shallower, bevelled to each side, with longer, far more shallow, removals all over. The sides are fairly straight and slightly battered but the removals are generally fairly crisp. The flint is dark grey with patches of lighter grey-yellow. It measure 169mm (length) x 50.6mm (wid…
Created on: Thursday 29th December 2011
Last updated: Friday 9th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-AE2CB2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A worn copper-alloy 4th-century irregular Roman nummus, the coin is a mule copying an 'VRBS ROMA' obverse and a 'CONSTANTINOPOLIS' reverse (c.330 - 340 AD; Reece Issue Period 17)
Created on: Wednesday 28th December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calne Without', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-9EDAF3
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy purse bar. The central block of the object survives, as does one of the globular terminals. The block is sub-rectangular with a hole running transversely through the centre. Running through the central hole is a copper-alloy suspension loop. The loop itself is vestigial, having bifurcated above the shank; at the other end, lowermost, is a flattened integral rove. The lower edge is moulded forming a wide 'M' shape. At each narrow side of the block there is an integral circular-sectioned terminal to which the arms of the bar were fitted. As impli…
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2011
Last updated: Thursday 15th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Warbleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-5BF2D3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy contemporary copy of a nummus of the House of Constantine - VRBS ROMA / Wolf and twins - dating to c. AD 330-40 (Reece Period 17). Prototype Mint of Lyon. RIC VII, p,138, cf. no.247
Created on: Saturday 24th December 2011
Last updated: Friday 16th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beedon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-350A66
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy T-shaped brooch length 43mm, width 30mm, thickness 17mm, weight 11.76g. The brooch has cylindrical wings which hold the pin axis bar a slot in the rear for the pin which is still in place. The front of the wings are decorated with two pairs of vertical grooves. The bow is arched, with a stamped triangular outline at the top, followed by a triangular recess that would have held enamel. At the apex of box is a rig and do, below this running down the centre of the bow to the foot is a zigzag line enclosed in a linear border. A border of pellets run down either side of the …
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2011
Last updated: Sunday 20th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-34F323
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A plain Roman cast copper alloy nail cleaner with a swollen blade (Group). 47.2mm long. The flat body has a circular expansion and a short straight handle which ends with a wider circular loop. Below the loop is a group of transverse grooves.
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 28th July 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-34D6C2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete copper alloy penannular brooch frame with missing pin of Fowler Type C. The frame is constructed of a single length of wire which is sub-square in section with rounded edges. The penannular frame has terminals formed by both ends of the frame coiled back onto the frame. The terminals both consist of a single coil. Most of these brooches are dated 1st - 2nd century, although a few are later and quite a number appear as reused in Anglo-Saxon (Early Medieval) contexts.
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2011
Last updated: Friday 3rd September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ludford Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-34C927
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver denarius of Vespasian dating to AD 70. COS ITER TR POT reverse type depicting Pax seated left with branch and caduceus. RIC I, p. 60, no. 29.
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 17th July 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GLO-3435C7
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy chisel length 93mm, diameter 20mm, width at chisel 16mm, weight 75g. Crescent shape blade which extends backwards 31mm. The opposite end is socketed with an internal aperture of 13mm and a double collar on the outside The casting seam has been removed. This artefacts has a rich dark green patina although there are areas of lighter green pitted corrosion. This dates to the middle to late Bronze Age 1500-800BC Similar examples of socketed chisels are illustrated in the Archaeological Journal Vol VI (1849), page 382, found at Westow, Yorkshire, and in the Archaeolog…
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2011
Last updated: Sunday 7th August 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-33A822
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Windsor and Maidenhead
Workflow stage: Published
One element of a two part silver cuff-link formed of a circular disc which has a downturned rim. The central stamped design of the discs is in the form of a left facing female bust in profile. The word ANNA in raised lettering appears in the space beside the face, while there are some other letters behind her head. These are indecipherable except for the final D. The reverse of the disc has a sub-rectangular loop of silver wire, through which a link passed, to connect it to the other element. It is assumed that the inscription of the word Anna refers to Queen Anne, who reigned from …
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2011
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bisham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-338A41
Object type: PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A broken cast copper-alloy tinned pin head from an Iron Age swan's neck pin. The head is solid and circular with a central perforation (Int. Dia.: 3.8mm). The surfaces are slightly concave and thin towards the hole. Both sides are decorated with a zone just inside the circumference defined by a pair of circular incisions. Between them the zone is decorated with fine transverse nicks to give a ropework effect. This decoration is repeated for one half of the rim, starting to one side of the integral shaft. The shaft has part of the S-shaped curve that characterises the pin type. It is b…
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GLO-32DD84
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy sickle length 116mm, width 26mm. Curved ridge runs down the spine of the blade on the dorsal edge of the sickle, the blade runs three quarter of the length of the object from the tip (which is missing). There is a large semicircular notch (16mm deep, 24mm long) that is 25mm from the rear of the artefact. There is a transverse ridge running across the rear edge of the sickle. The back of the blade is flat. A similar artefact was found in a Bronze Age hoard at Edington Burtie and was dated to 1200-1000BC (Pearce S, 1983, 426-427, 635). Also see GLO-D4D0A6 for a simi…
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2011
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Backwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-32C3C8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.b4, flat wing ends type, Western Group). Length 47mm, width 25mm, thickness 15mm, weight 14.09g. Rearward facing lugs on either end of the wings would have held the spring support bar. There is a loop at the top of the head which would have held the external cord. A crest runs from the loop, down the length of the brooch. The lower part of the bow missing resulting in the loss of the catch plate. Date 70-150AD
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2011
Last updated: Thursday 6th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wraxall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-3257D3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A worn 3rd-century silver Roman denarius of Maximinus I (235-8), dating to AD 236 (Reece Period 11), PAX AVGVSTI, Pax standing facing left holding transverse sceptre and branch in right hand. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, pt 2, p. 140, no. 12; BMC VI, p. 228, nos. 68-71
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 8th December 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-2FFFA2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A 4th-century copper-alloy Roman nummus of Constantine I, 'MARTI CONSERVATORI', Mars standing right with reversed spear in right and shield on ground in left reverse, London mint (312-313 AD; Reece issue period 15; RIC VI, p. 139, no 254).
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2016
Spatial data recorded.