Record ID: NMS-DE6432
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative two-piece brooch (i.e. with a Harlow spring system), short median rib with transverse notch at forward hook, broken pin and spring of nine loops and chord, bent D-sectioned bow, triangular openwork catch-plate. Wingspan 16mm. Length (slightly distorted) 40mm. c.43-c.100 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
Last updated: Monday 16th February 2015
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Record ID: NMS-FDDD92
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Romano British copper alloy Polden Hill brooch of closed wing ends type, spring, pin, part of catchplate flap and foot missing. Pairs of knurled ribs on wings. Rib on upper end of the bent oval-sectioned bow with multiple engraved notches on both faces of the semi-circular moulding forming the junction with the wings. Surviving length (unbent) c.50mm. Wingspan 36mm. Late 1st - early 2nd century.
Created on: Wednesday 24th July 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 7th January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-25A493
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy hinged Dolphin brooch in battered condition, with iron axis bar, most of the pin, part of one wing and most of the D-sectioned bow missing. The wings are probably undecorated. Estimated wingspan 24mm. c.AD 43 - c.65.
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-FE4951
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete corroded, worn and pitted copper alloy Iron Age/Roman Colchester type one-piece brooch, stump of forward-facing hook, pin, spring, most of wings and catchplate missing, tapering oval-sectioned bow. Surviving length 41mm. Surviving width 8mm. c.20-75 AD.
Created on: Wednesday 24th July 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2014
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