Record ID: HAMP-1047CB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman Headstud brooch dating from AD 75-200. The brooch is missing part of its pin, foot and catchplate. The head has a the stump of a projecting loop at the front. The wings are small and rectangular and decorated with moulded ridges. The underside of the head has a tube which retains a copper alloy spindle which would have hinged the pin, which is now missing. The bow is strongly curved and decorated with a moulded boss near the head, which has a raised centre within a rim. Behind this is a line of lozengiform cells bound by triangular cells to either side…
Created on: Monday 9th August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 10th August 2021
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Record ID: HAMP-7078C0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gilded copper alloy Roman 'composite gilded spoked disc' brooch, also known as a 'wheel' type and dating to c. AD 100-300. Part of the edge is missing (as is most of the gilding) the pin and its fixing mechanism to the reverse are also lost (with no trace as to what the fixing mechanism might have been). To the front are two raised concentric rings which act as a border. Within this border short transverse incised lines flank each ring, leaving a band of similar width between them, apparently undecorated (it is only possible to see the decoration where the gilding survi…
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
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Record ID: HAMP-E2D360
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete, two piece, copper alloy middle Iron Age brooch (c.350-150 BC). The head is formed by two circular lobes or 'ears' each with a circular hole (off centre). The high bow form an elongated oval decorated with four vertical lines, comprising two paralell inner lines contained by a single line to each side which bends slightly at each end. The four lines merge at both ends to form a point. The solid catchplate is broad with a sunken groove forming the pin rest. The foot has a single circular hole of same appearance and diameter (2mm) to those at the head. The separat…
Created on: Tuesday 1st March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2022
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