Record ID: IOW-566417
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Almost complete enamelled copper alloy, flat and plain edged disc brooch of the Second Century AD. Diameter 20.5mm, thickness 1.2mm. Weight 4.00g. Two coils of a four-coil spring and the extreme end of the pin are missing. The break on the spring appears to be old and the end of the pin appears to have eroded. Decoration on the front of the brooch is in the form of a central raised disc (about 3mm in diameter) surrounded by a six-pointed star of blue enamel with concave sides. At each tip of the star is a raised disc similar in size to that at the centre of the brooch.…
Created on: Wednesday 14th January 2004
Last updated: Monday 29th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brading Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-DAFDA8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a copper alloy plate-headed T-shaped Roman brooch of the late first to early second century. Length 19.5mm, width 20mm and 1.5mm thick. Weight 5.06g. The fragment comprises the fan-shaped head-plate and part of the bow and pin. The head-plate is decorated with a lateral groove either side of which is a lateral rib. At the apex of the head-plate is the remains of a chain-loop. The bow, which juts forward abruptly from the base of the head-plate, just beneath the decoration, is D-shaped in cross-section and flat at the rear. However, at the front there is…
Created on: Sunday 21st March 2004
Last updated: Friday 28th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yarmouth Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-DB0046
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy Roman "bridge" brooch of probable Second Century date. (Hattatt. R, 1989). Length 29mm, width of bow 14mm and 2mm thick. Weight 3.77g. The pin is missing. The low arched bow is decorated with an acorn terminal at the top and bottom. Viewed from the front, the bow is sub-rectangular in form, being longer in length than in width. The bow is divided into two equal sized panels by a central horizontal moulded rib which has a small channel throughout its length. Each panel has a row of six narrow vertical cells and the edges of the bow are channelled. T…
Created on: Sunday 21st March 2004
Last updated: Saturday 25th August 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-306287
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a possible Roman first century Aesica crescent type bow brooch. Length 27mm, width 18mm and 9mm thick. Weight 15.13g. The fragment has a central moulding which tapers from the top towards the bottom. This central moulding is flanked on either side by a narrow raised rib. At one side is an almost complete flaring portion that resembles an insect wing. The matching wing on the opposite side is broken and missing. There is a break at the top of the central moulding where the spring mechanism may have been situated. All the breaks are very abraded.
Created on: Thursday 25th March 2004
Last updated: Saturday 25th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yarmouth Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-FC65F5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy zoomorphic brooch in the form of a stylised fish, probably a salmon. Roman, probably second century. Pin and catch-plate missing. The breaks are old. Length 37mm, maximum width 10mm and 1.8mm thick. Weight 2.78g. The front is decorated with a number of cells to accommodate enamel. Cells at the head represent a circular eye and a gill. Along the centre of the body are five chevron-shaped cells which point forward towards the head. These chevrons represent scales. At each side of body is a curvilinear cell which extends from the gill area to the end of the t…
Created on: Friday 16th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shorwell Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-ED64D4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy and enamelled umbonate brooch of Roman date (AD 100 – AD 200). Length 31.3mm, width 21.4mm and thickness of plate, 4.2mm. Diameter of umbo, if complete, 21mm. Weight 4.17g. A plate brooch of umbonate type, circular and domed at the front and hollow at the reverse. It has a deep groove running all around, close to the perimeter. Originally, the brooch had four knobs protruding from the umbo; one at each side, one at the top which is perforated as a chain loop and one at the bottom which hides the catch-plate. However, the right hand knob and a…
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-020091
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy Dolphin brooch of Roman date (AD 43 – AD 100). Length 22.2mm, width 20.5mm, maximum thickness, of bow 8.6mm. Weight 6.78g. The fully enclosing cylindrical wings, 20.5mm in width, are damaged with old breaks at each end. An iron axis bar, within the wings, protrudes at each end. The head of the bow is flat and has a groove to accommodate the hinged pin. This groove is filled with corrosion and extends to the bottom of the wings on the rear face. The bow is incomplete and has an old large oblique break at the lower part. Consequently, the catch-plate i…
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IOW-19D154
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy disc brooch of Roman, second century date (AD 100 – AD 200). Diameter 22mm, thickness of plate 1.8mm. Weight 4.31g. The brooch is flat and disc-shaped. Part of the edge and also part of the catch-plate are missing and the breaks are old. The front has a raised peripheral rim, although only about half has survived due to the break. At the centre is a circular divider to form a cell for enamel. This divider has an inner diameter of 6.2mm and an outer diameter of 10.2mm. The cell formed by this central divider and the outer raised rim has six equal…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-030E97
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete and corroded copper alloy plate brooch of Roman date, probably second or third century (AD 100 – AD 300). Length 26.5mm, width 22mm and 2mm thick. Weight 6.26g. The piece is flat and oval in plan and the front is divided into two zones by a reserved metal ridge concentric with the oval outer rim. The central oval field, 11mm in length, has the decayed remains of an unidentifiable substance (probably not enamel). The outer field contains undivided segments of alternating white and blue enamel. However, some of the enamel in this field is missing. The reverse is slightly co…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-13FD31
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy one-piece “kräftig-profilierte” or "strongly profiled" brooch of Roman date, probably AD 43 – AD 100. Overall length 40mm, width of wings 12mm, width of bilateral spring 19mm. Weight 6.32g. The brooch can be classified as one-piece “kräftig-profilierte” type. It has short diminutive wings that are slightly concave at rear in order to form a seating for a longer bilateral spring of eight coils. Both the overhead, forward projecting claw which secures the external chord and the spring/pin are parts of the same piece of metal as the brooch bow. Th…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nettlestone and Seaview', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-2D5AC5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy plate brooch of Roman date, probably the second century (AD 100 – AD 200). Diameter 20mm, thickness 1.4mm. Weight 3.82g. The disc brooch has a plain rim and is decorated on the front face with a sexfoil copper alloy motif with concave arms each of which terminates with a curved end. Within this motif is a central copper alloy circular pellet. The field within the motif and surrounding the pellet contains traces of red enamel and the field between the motif and the rim contains traces of blue enamel. On the rear face is pair of perforated lugs which contain t…
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shalfleet Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-BB16E0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy and enamelled lozenge-shaped plate brooch of Roman, second century date. The pin and chain loop are missing. The breaks are old. Length 29mm, width 29mm and 16mm thick. Weight 6.55g. The brooch may be classified as a Hattatt umbonate variant (Hattatt 1989, 1552; 1557). The wheel motif is applied to the umbo and takes the form of a “sunburst” pattern which consists of a central hub and ten radiating spokes as dividers for the ten triangular cells filled with enamel of red alternating with blue. The hub is also enamelled and this is green in colour. However t…
Created on: Friday 7th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shorwell Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-C5DB14
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Complete copper alloy knee brooch of Roman date, second or early third century (Hattatt 1987, 261-72). Length 47mm, maximum width across the fan-shaped head 28mm and 3mm thick mid-way along the length of the bow. Weight 17.24g. The flat fan-shaped head which is 17mm in height is decorated along its curved edge with a series of closely related punch marks. The shape of these marks are difficult to discern due to wear. The head is also decorated with a curving line of rocker-arm style punch marks. This line commences at about 10 o’ clock on the left side of the head, descends to the …
Created on: Tuesday 1st June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-74EB3E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy and enamelled zoomorphic Roman plate brooch in the form of a horse and rider (c. AD 200-c. AD 410). The horse, which is galloping to the right, is well defined and has a small head with ears missing. The eye or mouth is not portrayed. The arching mane is represented by parallel vertical ridges/grooves. The tail is docked and the hind leg below the knee is missing due to a break. The fore leg is complete but is diminutive. At the front of the horse's body are three cells for enamel. The front sub-oval cell is filled with red enamel. An elongated cell…
Created on: Monday 16th March 2015
Last updated: Thursday 14th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-BB8D35
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and misshapen Roman copper-alloy enamelled zoomorphic plate brooch (AD 100-200). The brooch is in the form of a hare or hound. The ears, the tail, part of the hind leg and the pin and spring mechanism are missing. At the front there are four cells to accommodate enamel, three on the body and one forming the eye. However, no enamel has survived. On the body, two cells at the front are lozenge-shaped and the rear cell is comma-shaped. The recessed ring forming the cell for the eye is obscure. The hind leg would have projected forward. At the rear a complete catch-pla…
Created on: Monday 13th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-45663C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy and enamelled equal-ended hinged bow brooch (AD 100-200). The pin shaft is missing. This brooch has a lozenge-shaped bow which is moulded at the front and flat at the rear. It has a small projection/lobe/knop at each side. At the front a raised bevelled border forms a lozenge-shaped cell. There is an annulet at the centre forming a circular cell. The circular cell is filled with red enamel and the other cell has deposits of reddish buff material, probably decayed enamel. The head and foot are stepped rearwards. At the front the head and foot are …
Created on: Thursday 14th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 21st April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-467831
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman silver and enamelled zoomorphic plate brooch in the form of a bird. Treasure case no. 2015 T425. The bird (probably a water bird) has a bulbous head and slightly hooked beak. The tail of the bird and the pin, originally hinged, is now missing. The bird has a single rib running down the centre of its back; on either side are two sets of cells following the lines of the wings. These are inset with orange enamel inlay, missing in the case of one of the cells. 25.8mm (length); 15.5mm (width); 9.8mm (thickness). Weight: 4.25g. For a discussion of the type, see …
Created on: Sunday 7th June 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
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Record ID: IOW-F362C9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Roman copper-alloy Hod Hill brooch (AD 43-75). The head and top of the bow survive but the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks. The head is flat, rectangular in form, and rolled forwards to encase an iron axis bar. There is no indication of a slot for a pin. The head narrows to an incomplete flat bow. At the front, the bow has four vertical flutes. Traces of a white metal coating are visible on the front face, particularly at the head. The rear face is flat. This brooch is corroded and drab green. Height: 17.6mm; width: 6.5mm; thickness: 3.2mm…
Created on: Monday 15th June 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-937F5B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and corroded Roman copper-alloy Hod Hill brooch (AD 43-75). The head, part of the bow and pin are missing. The surviving part of the bow has vertical flutes at the front with three horizontal ridges on the leg below. On the rear face is the stub of a catch-plate. This brooch is drab brown and the breaks are old. Height: 25.5mm; width: 12.1mm; thickness at catch-plate: 2.8mm. Weight: 1.75g.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd June 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-9E9023
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy double dolphin brooch (c. AD 150-c. 250). The pin is largely missing. These stylised dolphins are parallel and are joined together at the tails and about mid-way along the bodies. The dolphin's heads abut a horizontal bar which has a pair of pin lugs at the rear. The lugs contain a copper-alloy axis bar and the loop of an iron pin. Behind the tails an elongated stub is the remains of a catch-plate. In side profile the brooch is 'S'-shaped. This brooch has a green patina. Height: 29.8mm; width: 17.4mm; thickness: 7.3mm. Weight: 10.15g. Co…
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2015
Last updated: Monday 17th August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.