Record ID: ESS-C4B808
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy brooch (Harlow) of Roman date (AD 50-80). Description: The brooch has a half-cylindrical head with double-pierced lug in which the external cord of the spring and axis bar are held, now missing. The wings are worn. The top lug is rounded and the crest emerges at a low angle from this, flattening  as it travels down the length of the bow. Two further crests flank this and and two more travel down the edges of the bow, starting on the head. The bow narrows along its length, ending in a worn, rounded break.…
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: ESS-ACCE62
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy brooch Harlow CD Ha 1.b of Roman date (AD 50-80). Description: The brooch has a half-cylindrical head with double-pierced lug in which the external cord of the spring and axis bar are held. The axis bar has broken in half and has come out of the lug, although it is still intact inside the spring. The spring is complete coiling around the axis bar four times on the right before passing over the head, through the lug, coiling around the left hand side of the axis bar three times and extending into the now missing pin.&nb…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: ESS-AD1A5A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy brooch (Harlow) of Roman date (AD 50-80). Description: The brooch has a half-cylindrical head with double-pierced lug in which the external cord of the spring and axis bar are held, now missing.  The wings are decorated with grooved ridges at the ends and beside the bow. The top lug is rounded and the crest emerges at a low angle from this, flattening  as it travels down the length of the bow. Two further crests flank this, merging with the central one, and two further ridges travel down the edges of the bow. The …
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4F2537
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Broken copper-alloy Roman devolved trumpet brooch of Bayley and Butcher 2004, Group C; Mackreth type TR. 1a.1a. The spring mechanism, pin, lower bow, foot, and catchplate are all missing. The trumpet-shaped head from which the brooch gets its name is plain; with a projecting nib uppermost. On the reverse of the head is a perpendicular loop that would have retained the spring. There is a three-disc knob on the upper bow. The outer tiers are fluted into four-petalled mouldings that run entirely around the bow. Both reverse petals are less prominent…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-C79033
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch with the spring, the pin, almost all of both wings, the lower part of the bow and all of the catchplate missing. The three beaks are not recent. Two probably beaded ribs run down the centre of the bow and some white-metal coating remains within the space between them. Weight 5.06g. Extant length 24.7mm. AD c.43 - c.65.
Created on: Friday 15th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-82876F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative rearhook brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type CD RH 1, perhaps 1g. The spring, pin, foot, catchplate and tiny fragments of the tips of the wings are missing. The rest is in a fairly worn and abraded condition, including the breaks. The wings are C-shaped in cross-section, convex on the front and concave on the reverse. They are each decorated with a pair of moulded transverse ridges near the tips. The short distance from these ridges to the head of the bow is longitudinally concave, suggestive of a bead and reel motif. The bow is…
Created on: Friday 7th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-0A599F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative rearhook brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type CD RH 4b or 5b. The spring, pin, all but a stub of the chord-hook and catchplate are missing. The wings are convex on the front, concave on the reverse (a very shallow C-shape in cross-section). They taper in width from the head of the bow to their rounded tips. One is more heavily abraded on the underside and has lost a greater depth of surface on the front due to corrosion. Neither wing preserves any evidence of decoration. The reverse of the better preserve wing retai…
Created on: Friday 24th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-F1B4B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch with the spring, the pin, part of the rearhook, the lower part of the bow and all of the catchplate missing (the breaks are not recent). The wings are decorated with bead and reel and the low and wide triangular-sectioned bow with pairs of beaded ribs flanking a wider median rib. Mackreth 2011 CD RH 1.e. The proportion of the bow and wings is close to that of ibid. pl. 39 no. 865. Weight 4.47 g. Extant length 18.8mm. Wingspan 20.5mm (width of bow at top 10mm). AD c.43 - c.65.
Created on: Sunday 17th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-55DD68
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative Harlow brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type CD Ha 1.a1a and similar to Ibid Pl. 31, No. 1016. It is minimally distorted and complete except for the pin. The wings are concavo-convex in cross-section and broadly rectangular when viewed from the front. The edges at the tips are very slightly curved. One is broadly perpendicular to the top and bottom edges and the other is very slightly oblique. The wings are not decorated.  The spring is in-situ and immobile: its coils and the external chord have corroded and fused to the wings and to each…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-063ABA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative rearhook brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type CD RH 1b or 1c and similar to ibid Pl. 38, Nos. 795 and 812. The spring, pin and all but a stub of the chord-hook and catchplate are missing. The wings are C-shaped in cross-section: convex on the front and concave on the reverse. Viewed from the front, they are slightly narrowed or waisted as they emerge from the head of the bow. They then expand into a now almost circular terminal, probably rounded by wear and abrasion at the tips. They are fully decorated on the front…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-E2A7DC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy brooch, Colchester Derivative Harlow type with double pierced lug dating between 50-80 AD The brooch is cast in two pieces, consisting of the head, bow and catchplate as well as a partially intact in situ copper alloy spring. The head consists of two uncapped, undecorated semi cylindrical wings with a centrally placed vertical double perforated lug on the interior side. The upper perforation contains the bent external chord which terminates in the incomplete coiled spring, with three loops surviving on one side and one and a half at the …
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2024
Last updated: Sunday 21st April 2024
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Record ID: OXON-95C415
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper alloy circular disc brooch dating to the second century AD 200-350. The brooch has been cast in a circular flat disc form with a "bulls eye" design created by three raised annular circular ridges between which enamel has been added. The brooch is rectangular in cross section. Traces of the enamel remain with a turquoise blue enamel filling the outer ring, a reddish brown enamel in the sencond ring and blue enamel in the centre. The reverse is plain and the sprung pin is still attached although it is bent and now points twards 8 oclock  i…
Created on: Friday 14th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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Record ID: OXON-BD826E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman 2-piece Aesica type brooch dating to the 1st and 2nd centuries AD (c. 43-200 AD).  The spring and pin are missing. The brooch is made of two parts, the upper part with the wings being riveted onto a lower flat plate. The short wings at the head of the brooch are 22.11mm wide and made of a cylindrical tube with an open reverse and oval endcaps. The endcaps are pierced by a circular hole through which a copper alloy or iron axis bar and spring would have been threaded. Iron staining on the inside of the tube is vis…
Created on: Monday 8th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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Record ID: OXON-FAE4C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Nauheim Derivative, La Tène III brooch of late Iron Age to Roman (c. AD 25-100) date. The brooch is cast as one piece. The spring is coiled with four loops made of a thick copper alloy wire (2-3mm thickness). One of these coils is broken as it emerges from the reverse, and before it curves upwards and then back towards the reverse of the brooch, where it would have developed into the pin (which is therefore entirely missing). The opposite end of the coiled wire develops into the bow which is a slender elongated rectangle. Between th…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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Record ID: OXON-ADC656
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A worn but mostly complete cast copper alloy Roman Rosette Brooch dating to c.AD 25-60.  The brooch is made of a large flat plate with projecting pin and catchplate. The plate has two zones. The first is a circular (29.7mm diameter) main body that has a circular (3.3mm diameter) hole at its centre. The second is a fantail lower zone that is trapezoidal in shape widening from the interface with the circular zone from 12mm wide to c.16.6mm wide at its terminal over its 21.1mm length. On the reverse of the circular zone at its apex is the pin mechanism, made of two pr…
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-49D2C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver ovoid annular brooch. The frame is of concave-sided square cross-section, twisted cable-style, with a row of filigree pellets along each face and a pin constriction which holds a D-section silver pin, now broken near the loop. In rather fragile condition. Dimensions: External diam. 16 x 14mm. Weight 0.68g. Very similar to an example from Stanfield, Norfolk (HER 7241, 2002 T151, Treasure Annual Report 2002, 80, no.76). Date: 13th or 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langley with Hardley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-E61B60
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy bow brooch of the Wirral type dating to the Roman period (100-200AD) The object is a hinged example. The head is stepped as is typical of this type with a complete head loop. The upper bow is decorated with three vertical panels which would have contained cells of coloured enamel. There is a trace of pale blue enamel in the first cell (far left).  Below the panels is a raised rounded knop. The bow tapers below the knop to a decorated foot. The catchplace is complete. The pin is missing. The object has dark greenish brown patina. Length: 70.6mm; width: …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitchurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-BF64EB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch of the Wirral type dating to c.AD 100-200. The brooch is mostly complete just the headloop, wings and pin and lower bow missing. The brooch presents a stepped head with three horizontal lines, the upper and lower of these lines retain bright orange enamel. On the reverse of the head is the hinge mechanism for the pin. From the base of the front of the head stretches the bow which begins in a slightly rounded arch that then curves inwards and tapers to an incomplete narrowed end. The upper portion of the bow is decorated with …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-CF837E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A mostly complete copper alloy Roman brooch of the Wirral type dating to c.AD 100-200. The brooch is almost complete, missing just the headloop and pin and foot. It presents a stepped head the top of which would have connected to the now missing headloop. On the reverse of the head is the hinge mechanism which still retains the upper portion of the pin. From the base of the head stretches the bow which begins in a slightly rounded arch that then curves inwards and tapers towards a narrowed foot. The upper portion of the bow is decorated with three vertical panels which …
Created on: Thursday 9th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: OXON-E48DC1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from a copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative large south-western T-shaped brooch of Hull T139, dating to c.AD 50-150. The brooch is missing its foot and pin. The wings of the brooch are 25.73mm wide and are cylindrical with a maximum diameter of 4.89mm at the bow and narrowing slightly towards their tips. Their front faces are decorated by a double incised line placed close to their outside edges. Both outside edges are open-ended, revealing a hollow core containing a dark brown coloured material that may be remains of solder. The right hand terminal …
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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