Record ID: DOR-CBB237
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of Arcadius. VICTORIA AVGGG (Victory advancing left with wreath) reverse. Mint of Arles. Mint mark: //TCON Reference: LRBC pt II, p. 57, no. 566 Date: AD 394 - 395 Diameter:12.52 mm Weight: 0.94 g Die axis: 12
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
Last updated: Monday 23rd November 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-502852
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of the House of Valentinian. SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE (Vistory advancing left with a wreath). Date: Late Roman - AD 364-378 Diameter: 15.88 mm Weight: 1.06 g Die axis: 6
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DOR-80F3B6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of Alice Holt/Farnham grey ware. Pale buff-grey reduced fabric with abundant, well sorted quartz sand temper. The exterior surface dark grey to silvery grey and has several horizontal and diagonal burnish lines. A body sherd from a jar. The Alice Holt/Farnham industry was active from the 1st to 4th centuries, but the slightly metallic finish suggests this may be the later product of the industry (i.e. after c AD 200 - 250) It is hard fired and wheelthrown. Date: Roman - c. AD 200 - 400 Weight:11 g See http://potsherd.net/atlas/Ware/AHGW.html
Created on: Monday 7th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 7th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marnhull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-25DAD3
Object type: MORTARIUM
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A sherd of Oxfordshire fineware mortarium. The fabric is hard fired and sandy with sparse small black and red iron ore inclusions, occasional lumps of chalk and is micaceous (Young 1977, 123). It is oxidised orange at the margins with a grey core. The internal surface is covered in rounded pink quartz triturations (up to 2.5 mm). A base sherd. The sherd is abraded. It would originally have been red or brown slipped. Date: Roman - c. 240 - 400 Weight: 47 g
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marnhull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-25B737
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nummus of Gratian. GLORIA NOVI SAECVLI (Emperor standing, holding standard) reverse. Mint of Arles. Mint mark: OF/II/CON Reference: LRBC, part II, p56, No. 517 Date: Roman - AD 367 - 375 Diameter: 18.86 mm Weight: 1.62 g Die axis: 12
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marnhull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-259DF5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nummus of Valens. SECVRITAS REI PVPLICAE (Victory advancing left with wreath) reverse. Date: Roman - AD 364 - 378 Diameter: 16.36 mm Weight: 1.95 g Die axis: 6
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marnhull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-257B96
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nummus of the House of Constantine. GLORIA EXERCITVS (two soldiers with two standards) reverse Date: Roman - AD 330 - 335 Diameter: 15.70 mm Weight: 1.26 g Die axis: 6
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marnhull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-FBD5E0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a glass vessel. The oval footring or folded rim of a flask with a narrow stem or neck The glass is pale yellow-green. The surface is iridescent as a result of decay. A thin-walled blown vessel. Date: Possibly Roman Dimensions: 31.23 mm x 29.74 mm x 11.29 mm Weight: 6.28 g
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fifehead Magdalen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-577D94
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A radiate of Gallienus. LAETITIA AVG (Laetitia standing facing, head left, wreath in right hand, anchor in left) reverse. Probably mint of Milan. Mint Mark: P// Reference: Cunetio, cf. 1594 Date: Late Roman - AD 260-278 Diameter: 20.11 mm Weight: 2.24 g Die axis: 6
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-56F811
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A radiate of Victorinus. SALVS AVG (Salus feeding a snake arising from an altar, sceptre in left hand) reverse. Reference: Cunetio. cf. 2552 Date: Late Roman - AD 269 - 271 Diameter: 18.80 mm Weight: 2.19 g Die axis: 12
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-56DFD6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A radiate of Tetricus II. PIETAS AVGVSTOR (sacrificial implements) reverse. Date: Late Roman - AD 272 - 274 Diameter: 18.41 mm Weight: 1.62 g Die axis: 6
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2012
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Record ID: DOR-56C6A4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nummus of the House of Valentinian. SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE (Victory advancing left with wreath) reverse. Date: Late Roman - 364 - 378 AD Diameter: 15,51 mm Weight: 0.92 g Die axis: 12
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-55C743
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nummus of Crispus. BEATA TRANQVILLITAS (altar inscribed VOTIS XX with globe above) reverse. Probably mint of Trier. Mint Mark: //P-T- Reference: RIC VII, cf. No.307 Date: Late Roman - 321 - 323AD Diameter: 19.43 mm Weight: 2.63 g Die axis: 6
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-55AA18
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nummus of the House of Valentinian. SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE (Victory advancing left with wreath) reverse. Date: Late Roman - AD 364 - 378 Diameter: 17.69 mm Weight: 1.70 g Die axis: 6
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-558462
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete nummus of the House of Valentinian. SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE (Victory advancing left with wreath) reverse. Date: Late Roman - AD 364 - 378 Diameter: 18.17 mm Weight: 1.67 g Die axis: 12
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2012
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: DOR-D42C41
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable nummus of uncertain emperor. There is no detail surviving on the reverse. Date: Roman - 4th century Diameter: 16.04 mm Weight: 0.97 g Die axis: uncertain
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-D2AFC7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy plate brooch. The plate is lozengiform with expanded arms top and bottom. The front is decorated at the centre with a roundel of three concentric recesses separated by metal reserves. At the centre is an iron rivet or similar which is visible at the back of the brooch. One of the arms is decorated with transverse expanded mouldings. Behind this are the remnants of two pierced lugs for the attachment of the missing hinged pin. The other arm is narrower and undecorated with the remains of the small catchplate behind it. Date: Roman - mid to late 1st century Dimensions: …
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterborne St. Martin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-D22331
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an enamelled plate brooch. The plate is axe-shaped. The lower edge of the part representing the axehead is curving and the upper edge is straight. In the middle of the lower edge is a broken rectangular projection representing the handle of the axe. The plate is recessed for enamel with three fields remaining, separated by metal reserves. The outer field, around the edge of the brooch has traces of blue enamel, the curved recess, framing the aperture, has traces of red enamel. The handle is also recessed, but no enamel remains. There is a small pierced projection at one …
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 22nd March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterborne St. Martin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-03CB81
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy figurine. A figure of a naked male infant with head turned slightly to the right, left arm by his side with the hand resting on his left thigh, his right arm bent across the body with the hand on the centre of the chest. The legs are slightly bent, the right slightly outwards, and broken off before the feet. There are traces of the details of the head and face comprising short curled hair, eyes and eyebrows, a small nose and a short, straight mouth. On the rounded belly the navel is clearly deliniated. At the back the lower body is slightly turned and detail…
Created on: Monday 26th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 8th January 2013
No spatial data available.

Record ID: DOR-9AE435
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Published
An early Roman copper alloy finger ring with a glass intaglio of Henig Type II dating c. AD 50-150. The hoop is oval with wide, sloping shoulders tapering to a narrow D-sectioned band. One shoulder is decorated with a v-shaped ridge, The other is flattened and damaged.The setting is deep and oval with a large pale green glass intaglio and has a framing line around the base. The intaglio is oval and sits slightly proud of the recess. It appears to be decorated with a stick figure with arms out to the side. Dimensions: 26.62 mm x 21.97 mm x 15.71 mm and weight: 9.50 g.
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
No spatial data available.