Record ID: SUSS-63BB85
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy disc brooch. The brooch is ring shaped , with the central hole measuring 6.3mm in diameter. The central hole is bordered on the face of the brooch by twin raised circular bands, the inner of which is slightly wider. Between the outer band and the outer raised border of the brooch is a recessed field of alternate blue and green enamel insets. The reverse of the brooch has a radially aligned broken double-lug to hinge the pin (now missing). Diametrically opposed to this on the same radial alignment is the sub-triangular catch plate. The outside of the…
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2010
Last updated: Saturday 5th January 2019
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Record ID: SUSS-177477
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy T-shaped brooch; complete apart from the pin and part of the catch-plate. The brooch has a wide head with a central pin slot and wings forming a cylindrical cover for the spindle which the missing pin hinged on. Both wings taper gradually from the centre to the ends and have a transverse incised line around them just before the end. Traces of iron and copper alloy in the central hinge slot suggest the spindle was iron and the pin copper alloy. The bow rises at about 70 degrees from the head. It is broad and flat with a flattened, pointed-oval cross sectio…
Created on: Tuesday 10th August 2010
Last updated: Thursday 12th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Meon Valley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-B408E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper-alloy zoomorphic Roman plate brooch in the form of a bird in flight dating to the 2nd century AD. It has a complete tail, one wing 75% missing, the other damaged and old damage to the head and hinge on the reverse. This brooch type, discussed by Hattatt (1987, 227-8), have flat bodies and spread wings, a triangular tail, a plain neck and head rising high from the plane of the brooch (max. H. here: 6.8mm) and a wide rib along the back and usually enamelled decoratiion and a chain loop at the tail. This example is a variant with a similar outline to that normally seen …
Created on: Friday 18th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Meon valley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-D3C510
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy Colchester Two-piece brooch, complete apart from the pin and part of the spring, this type dates to the middle of the 1st century c.40-60 AD. The brooch head has wide wings, 21.5mm across, which are semi-circular in cross section and decorated on the top with four pairs of raised collars, one pair at the end of each wing, one near the centre. On the inner side of the head is a double pierced lug through which the spring and external chord run. One side of the spring with six coils survives complete, the other side and the pin are missing from old breaks. The bo…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd March 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherbourne St John', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-F2FB91
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands). The spring is wrought of iron and is housed inside the cylindrical wings. The bow is arched, with a heavy base beneath the wings. The bow itself is decorated with five strips running lengthwise; the inner strip and outer strips are plain, and the other two consist of lines of pellets. The wings are plain with flanges at the ends. The catchplate remains only as a spine running the length of the back of the bow, and the end of the foot is missing. The pin is missing; h…
Created on: Thursday 2nd December 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 5th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Meon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-01A9C6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nearly complete cast copper alloy Roman P-shaped brooch of the Rosette/Thistle Type, dating to the 1st century AD (c. 25-60 AD). The brooch is in two pieces. The larger segment consists of a cylindrical spring cover, spring head and pin, arched and ribbed bow, at least one moulded side lug, decorated rosette and a portion of the vertical catchplate; the smaller segment consists of a fluted foot with the remaining portion of the vertical catchplate. The covered cylindrical spring head measures 45.17 mm long and 10.17 mm in diameter. It is nearly complete, with only a small portion …
Created on: Thursday 21st April 2011
Last updated: Monday 25th April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penton Mewsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-6C3A10
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman Strip Bow brooch, an Aucissa Variant Type, dating to the Late Iron Age to Early Roman period (AD 25-75); it is missing its pin as well as a small portion of its iron axis bar. The bow is flatter in profile than full Aucissa types. The brooch has a simple head which curls backwards to accommodate a horizontal iron axis bar, holding the pin. A substantial amount of iron corrosion within the curled over brooch head and directly underneath supports the identification of this bar as being made of iron; however, it is likely that the pin would have been made of c…
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-546947
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman T-shaped brooch, dating from the 1st-2nd century AD. The brooch consists of a t-shaped plan with tubular hollow brooch head and a central notch for a hinge pin, followed by a tapering simple body, unadorned foot, and unpierced sub-triangular catchplate. The brooch body is decorated with moulded vertical lines running halfway down from the head to the body, which end in double transverse lines. The arms of the brooch, which function as the hollow hinge pin lug, bear some traces of vertical lines on their undersides. The profile of the brooch is…
Created on: Thursday 19th May 2011
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-809794
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded Roman cast copper-alloy plate brooch. The brooch is oval in plan with a raised oval setting (16.71mm x 11.90mm) on the upper surface.The inset is missing but is likely to have been made of glass. At one end of the reverse are two right-angled lugs, now covered with iron corrosion, which represent the pin attachment. A single such lug, located at the opposite end, is the catchplate. The front of the brooch shows some evidence of gilding, whilst the reverse shows signs of tinning. There is a similar example shown in Hattatt's A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hatt…
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Penton Mewsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-E594AC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy Roman enamelled disc brooch dating to the second century AD. The remains of the brooch consist of a portion of the central decorative plate and a small fragment of its circumference; most of the outer edges of the brooch, including projecting terminals and much of the reverse, including pin is missing due to in situ damage. The outer face of the fragment retains a portion of its central raised design including four of its six pointed star arms with circular terminals and a central large raised pellet. Within the star designed a recessed cell retains f…
Created on: Monday 26th October 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 9th March 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-65617D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill type dating c. AD 70-300.. The brooch has short, semi cylindrical wings with enclosed end caps which are pierced to hold the spring mechanism which is now missing with the pin. The wings are plain with a raised cordon where it meets each cap. At the top of the head is a central rear facing hook from which a central groove runs down the centre of the bow terminating in a point halfway along its length. The ridges on either side are decorated with feint multiple parallel transverse grooves. The bow has a f…
Created on: Tuesday 1st June 2021
Last updated: Thursday 16th June 2022
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Record ID: SUSS-3BF735
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and incomplete Roman copper alloy fan-tail brooch with integral headloop and flared enamelled foot (Mackreth CD H 7); dating c. AD 50-150. The brooch has a complete hinge mechanism but the foot, catchplate and half the pin is missing. The brooch consists of sub-circular cross-sectioned wings which house a slot for the pin at the rear, a short section of which remains. A flat rectangular projection above the bow is the remains of a headloop. Short incised grooves decorate the sides and top of the head where it meets the bow. The bow is D shaped in cross section near the hea…
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2021
Last updated: Monday 4th October 2021
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Record ID: SUSS-BFED63
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy trumpet brooch with enamelled plate dated from c. AD 100-200. The plate of the brooch is sub-triangular in shape with the triangle base being at the top and projecting from the trumpet-style head. The base of the triangle is rounded and curves upwards with two small projecting knops where the base meets the two long sides of the triangle. Where the two long sides meet at the triangle point, there is a small transverse bar which denotes the lower edge of the enamel field. From the transverse bar, there is a small 'L' shaped projection that protrudes outw…
Created on: Thursday 8th August 2019
Last updated: Friday 21st May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Around Kimpton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-1F6820
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of T-shaped type, c. 1st-2nd centuries AD. The brooch consists of a a large oval head loop with circular hole, with sharp notches cut out at its base, followed by a cylindrical cross-bar with copper-alloy hinge pin and axial pin within the cross-bar. The neck is plain and flat, angling at approximately 45-degrees from the crossbar, continuing into a tapering sub-triangular body. The perimeter edge of the neck and body are bevelled and the body is divided into an upper rectangular highly decorated portion with a smooth and undecorated lower s…
Created on: Monday 17th February 2014
Last updated: Monday 17th February 2014
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Record ID: SUSS-21E171
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman plate brooch dating to the second century AD. The remains of the brooch consist of a trefoil-shaped plate with three equal recessed ring-and-dot cells with a central pellet on the outer surface. The recessed rings bear traces of blue enamel inlay around the outer circumference and it is possible that the cells were completely filled with blue enamel or further filled with another colour, now missing, in the inner portion of the cell. The combination of the three raised circles creates a small triangle-shaped voide in the centre of the plate. The r…
Created on: Monday 17th February 2014
Last updated: Monday 17th February 2014
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Record ID: SUSS-9BF799
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper ally circular Roman plate brooch missing its pin shank and spring and dating c.AD 80-250. The brooch is circular and flat, measuring 1.7mm thick. At the centre there is a raised copper alloy circle surrounded by a six point star, inside of which remains red enamel. At the end of each point of the star is a copper alloy pellet. Outside of the star is traces of blue enamel. The brooch has a raised rim. On the reverse there is no decoration, and remains of the catch plate and bar to hold the spring. The copper alloy has a light green patina. The brooch measures in 19…
Created on: Tuesday 9th February 2016
Last updated: Monday 14th March 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-B40FA0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast, copper alloy Roman bow brooch, probably a one piece la Tene III, 50BC-AD.150. The brooch comprises the bow and part of the spring. The pin and catchplate have been lost as has most of the spring. The head of the brooch has two short wings, one upon either side that cover the top of the spring, there is also a recoiling hook at the head of the bow to hold the sping in place, this has now broken. Running down the spine of the bow is a shallow groove, this runs all the way to the foot. The catchplate has broken away and is now lost. The bow of the brooch, tapers from…
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2017
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2017
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Record ID: SUSS-425A7F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman bow brooch of Aucissa type, AD.43-100. The brooch is very similar to Mackreth 2011, no.8573. The brooch has a high arched bow that tapers towards the foot where there is a decorative knop. The head of the brooch is formed of a flat plate with a hinged pin attachment. The hinge is formed of an iron rod but the pin is lost and half of the hinge plate has broken away. There is some roped decoration where the head meets the bow and a hole piercing the plate to one side. This would have been mirrored on the now missing side. Running down the bow there is a …
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2017
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2018
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Record ID: SUSS-426E52
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman Disc brooch, AD.200-350. The brooch is circular with concentric rings of decoration, it has a wide band of decoration running around the outside, (4.4mm wide) a raised ridge then divides off the central hollow (13.55mm across) and small inner circle (4.42mm across). The outer band preserves some gilding in the recesses of the repeated S shaped curvilinear decoration. The incised lines are tightly packed and radiate as if from the central point of the brooch. The reverse of the brooch is undecorated but has the remains of the pin hinge, with a large amo…
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 2nd March 2017
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Record ID: SUSS-427048
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman Developed T-shaped brooch, AD.100-250. The brooch comprises, the head and part of the bow, with one complete wing. There is a small stud on the head of the brooch above there the hinged pin would have been attached. The bow is broad and arched, it has two grooves, one upon either side running down it and there are two lozenges with incised hatching decorating them. A parallel can be found in Mackreth 2011, pl.63 no.2799. Length: 23.57mm Width: 12.97mm Thickness: 1.7mm Weight: 2.15g
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2017
Last updated: Friday 23rd March 2018
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