Record ID: SWYOR-BFE1C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Roman zoomorphic brooch in the form of a seated greyhound. The overall form of the brooch is reminiscent of a Romano-British Dragonesque booch. The brooch is in good condition and remains intact apart from the pin on the reverse. The brooch is finely cast and the surface has been tinned to give a silver finish. The tinning covers the whole front surface and extends onto the rim of the hollow cast back. The form of the dog is well-observed and slightly stylised with an enlarged single eye on the head and a curved body resting on muscular haunches. The legs are long and sle…
Created on: Friday 23rd December 2005
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fulbeck', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-7D97C7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-7CC275
Object type: STUD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy Roman stud. The hollow square mount has a central vertical shallow groove. The integral circular sectioned shank has an incomplete flat square rove on the end. The length is 21.5mm, the width is 20.8mm and the weight is 6.93g.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DENO-705BD2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Contemporary plated copy of a Roman Republican denarius of Mark Antony, 32-31BC. Prototype from a travelling mint. see RRC 554. On one side the silver plate is missing and the copper core exposed. Diameter 17.86mm, thickness 2.36mm, weight 2.51g.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-703E62
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman coin. Denarius of Julia Mamaea, 221-235, RIC 360. Diameter 18.28mm, weight 2.38g.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-6BC6E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy Hod Hill brooch fragment, wings and upper part of bow only, 1st century. The hinged pin is missing. The rolled over wings are undecorated. There is an undecorated rectangular area at the top of the bow, then it is decorated with a central longitudinal raised corded line, with a deep shallow groove to either side. The lower part of the bow is broken off. Dark brown patina. Length 22.00mm, width (across wings) 26.94mm, width (top of bow) 8.18mm, thickness 9.92mm, weight 6.21g.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirkby la Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-6BBDD5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy dolphin type brooch fragment, wings and upper part of bow only. The hinged pin is broken off. Each wing is decorated with a narrow diagonal groove. The top of the bow is decorated with a central longitudinal raised line, then five transverse grooves; the rest of the bow is broken off. Brown-green patina with some small areas of light green corrosion. Length 22.00mm, width (across wings) 26.94mm, width (top of bow) 8.18mm, thickness 9.92mm, weight 6.21g.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirkby la Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-6BB444
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy headstud brooch fragment, lower part of bow and foot only, 2nd century. The flattened bow is decorated with rectangular cells, one of which contains traces of red enamel. There are two transverse grooves at the junction between the bow and the disc-shaped foot, which has an incuse circle at the centre of the base. The catchplate is damaged. Length 35.82mm, width (across foot) 9.54mm, width (widest part of bow) 7.34mm, thickness 11.5mm, weight 6.34g.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirkby la Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-6BA4F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy dolphin type brooch, 1st century. Most of the hinged pin is broken off. There is a faint narrow groove at the end of each of the circular sectioned wings. The bow is decorated with a longitudinal raised triangular sectioned ridge with transverse notches along its apex. There is no definite foot, the bow simply terminates. The catchplate is complete. Fine green-brown patina; the pin appears to be a different alloy, having much light green powdery corrosion. There appears to be white (lead alloy?) solder in the end of each wing, presumably securing the pin bar. Le…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirkby la Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-6AB7C3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy mount in the form of a human head wearing a radiate crown with seven spikes - probably the sun god Sol. Very corroded with little detail discernible. The cheeks and chin are prominent. The reverse of the mount is hollow cast, and there is what appears to be a lead based solder within. Small areas of orange-brown patina, the exposed metal is brown-red. Probably 3rd or 4th century. Length 32.80mm, width 29.94mm, thickness 10.56mm, weight 15.43g.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirkby la Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-690385
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman brooch fragment, lower part of bow and catchplate only. The lower part of the bow is flattened, and slighty expanded towards the base, although both corners are damaged; it is decorated with three ring and dot motifs - one at the top and two side by side at the base. The bottom of the bow terminates in a raised transverse ridge. The catchplate is complete. Fine green patina. Possibly a bow and fantail brooch (with narrow fantail), 1st-2nd century. Length 17.54mm, width 8.12mm, thickness 9.66mm, weight 1.60g.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirkby la Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-68ED68
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy dolphin brooch fragment, 1st century. The spring and pin are missing. The right wing is broken off, the left is corroded, but appears to have been short and undecorated. The bow is decorated with a central longitudinal raised rib. The lower part of the bow and the foot are missing. Corroded with some dark brown patina, and much light green corrosion. Length 23.26mm, width (across broken wings) 16.66mm, width (top of bow) 9.2mm, thickness 11.92mm, weight 6.58g.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirkby la Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-68B9D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy dolphin brooch fragment, foot and lower part of the bow missing. Most of the hinged pin is broken off, and part of the back of the left wing is missing. Each wing is decorated with a wide, deep, diagonal groove. The bow is decorated with a central raised beaded rib, with a deep wide groove on either side. Fine brown patina with some light green corrosion. Length 23.85mm, width (across wings) 30.44mm, width (top of bow) 8.60mm, thickness 10.80mm, weight 7.18g.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirkby la Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-1A5322
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy silvered lozenge-shaped plate brooch, dating to the 2nd/ 3rd century AD (length: 53mm; width: 29mm; thickness at catch plate: 14mm; weight: 16.99g). On each of the four corners of this brooch, there are solid rounded lugs (average diameter: 5mm). The lug at the top of the brooch, however, is slightly larger than the other three (diameter: 6.5mm) and has an additional flat but circular suspension loop (probably) extending out from the top (inner diameter of suspension hole: 2mm). Around the four edges of the front face of the brooch, there is a raised …
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 28th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-1A41C6
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy button and loop fastener, dating from the late 1st-2nd century AD (length: 39mm; diameter of disc head: 21mm; width of triangular loop: 14mm; overall thickness: 9mm; thickness of disc head: 3mm; weight: 14.89g). The fastener can be classified as according to Wild (1970) to be a Class Va [disc-headed with cast ornament] and consists of a thick circular/ disc-headed platform with engraved concentric circle decoration on the front face. There is an indented circular recess in the centre of the head (diameter: 2.5mm), which may have held enamel originally (po…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Saturday 6th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-1A1F11
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy strap fitting or ‘strap-slide’ with enamelled decoration, dating from the 1st-3rd century AD (length: 20.5mm; width: 18.5mm; thickness/ depth: 13mm; weight: 5.85g). The ‘strap-slide’ has a square-headed and thin platform/ head with slightly irregular and uneven edges. The decoration on the front face of this platform consists of a central and circular pellet of yellow enamel (diameter: 2.5mm), surrounded by a circle of red enamel (outer diameter of circle: 8mm; width of enamel: 2mm), and another concentric circle of enamel (possibly green) just in…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-19A2F7
Object type: LOCK
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper-alloy lock pin. The perforated long rectangular shaft with iron corrosion still present inside and around the outside of the hole. The hollow and domed head has a protruding lip around the outside edge and has a sunken pellet in the centre, surrounded by a single concentric circle with small regular incisions at approximately 9mm from the centre. Inside of this circle, there appears to be remains of white metal coating around the edges. Behind the domed head, there is no decoration. Overall, the artefact has a dark green patina and is in a worn but fair conditio…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Rauceby', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID-051330
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy bracelet with snake head terminals, dating from the 1st-4th century AD (length: 43mm; width at terminal: 11mm; thickness at terminal: 1.5mm; weight: 3.52g). The flat curved bracelet fragment, representing less than half of the original artefact is still curved in shape and is decorated on the outer side only. The decoration at the broken end (not a recent break) consists of a single line of crude and irregular crescent indentations in the centre of the bracelet (most probably indicating the scales of the snake), but the indentations then develop int…
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2005
Last updated: Monday 6th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID-050AF4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy three-dimensional enamelled duck (swimming) brooch, dating to the 2nd/ 3rd century AD (length: 30mm; width: 17mm; thickness/ depth: 18mm; weight: 5.00g). The main hollow body of the duck is sub-oval or tear-shaped in form with the neck and head of the duck rising upwards from the main body and at the top of the slanted edge of the brooch. The neck and head (length: 8mm; width: 4mm; thickness: 4mm) taper to a thin and pointed head that is angled sharply downwards. The eyes do not seem to be depicted on the face, apart from one possible indentation on o…
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-0501A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy enamelled flat bird brooch, dating from the 2nd/ 3rd century AD (length: 34mm; width: 20mm; thickness: 6mm; weight: 4.39g). The bird faces to the right with a pointed beak and a large but shallow indentation for the eye, which rises upwards slightly to probably represent the pupil in the eye. There appears to be small traces of red enamel in the eye indentation. The neck of the bird curls and expands in width to form a wider body where there are eight cells present (these lead down to the bottom of the brooch), five of which has small amounts of white…
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Rauceby', grid reference and parish protected.