Record ID: SWYOR-C87333
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman bow brooch which is probably Dolphin type. The bow survives, but the pin, mechanism, and most of the catchplate are missing. The bow has a humped head and tapers to a point at the foot. It is decorated with two narrow grooves that run the length of the bow and flare at the head. There is also a narrow groove on each edge of the humped part of the bow. The wings are short and are semi-tubular. They do not appear to be decorated. The brooch is 47.9mm long, 20.2mm wide and 10.4mm thick. On the reverse of the wings, the semi-circular spring case has ends that are pier…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-DBBE24
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus. The coin is in poor, very worn condition, is 14mm in diameter, 1mm thick, and weighs 0.81g.
Created on: Saturday 7th August 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
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Record ID: DENO-2BE614
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead spindle whorl. Circular, domed spindle whorl with irregular circular hole through the centre. Decorated on both sides with a single line in relief forming a 4-pointed star shape. Diameter 29.7mm, thickness 10.0mm, weight 40.50g Spindle whorls are difficult to date since they were used in a very similar form for many centuries. This could therefore be from any period from Roman to early post medieval.
Created on: Sunday 3rd June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-692180
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Roman copper alloy nummus of Constans, 13mm in diameter, 1mm thick and weighing 0.72 grams.
Created on: Monday 18th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2018
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Record ID: DENO-904BC2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman brooch; fragment of cast copper alloy bow brooch – head and start of wings only. Very worn. The fragment has the beginnings of both wings, worn to rounded points and flattened. Nothing of the pin spring or the back of the wings remains. The head of the bow is present, also worn to a rounded point. No indication of decoration remains. The metal has a thick, grey-green patina over its surface. Length 16.0mm, width (wings) 20.1mm, thickness (at bow) 5.5mm, weight 5.30g
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-215B27
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman silver denarius fragment, Reign of Decius (1) Obverse: IMP [C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG] Reverse: [GENIVS] EXERC [ILLVRICIANI] (Genius stg l.) Bust: B2
Created on: Monday 9th July 2007
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2013
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Record ID: LANCUM-E11FC1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman nummus of Valentian dating from AD364-378 LRBC ii, 1033
Created on: Wednesday 18th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shackerstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-F13854
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead spindle whorl or weight. Bun-shaped disc (rounded on top, flat on the base) with central perforation which tapers towards the top. Undecorated. Thick white patina. Diameter 24.82mm, thickness 13.1mm, diameter of hole (top)8.6mm & (base) 10.6mm, weight 44.44g.
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Breedon on the Hill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-F18D71
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead spindle whorl or weight. Conical disc with rounded sides to the cone, and with non-tapering central perforation. Undecorated. Thick cream patina. Diameter 20.50mm, thickness 8.6mm, diameter of hole 5mm, weight 16.30g. This is unlikely to be a spindle whorl due to its small size and weight.
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Breedon on the Hill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-F19A14
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead spindle whorl or weight. Disc with non-tapering central perforation. One surface of the disc is concave, hollowing towards the centre, and is decorated with an impressed twelve pointed star with eleven raised triangles within the star. The other side bears a simple crude shallow groove. Thick cream patina. Diameter 27.7mm, thickness 9.5mm, diameter of hole 10.0mm, weight 38.12g.
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Breedon on the Hill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-F2D3F0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable Roman finger ring bezel, possibly medieval. Circular copper alloy bezel holding the remains of a, now cracked, dark blue glass setting. Traces of what appears to be a very thin plano-convex hoop are visible on the sides (width 4.5mm, but thickness c.1mm). The reverse of the bezel is curved as though to fit around a finger. Mid green patina. Diameter 9.04mm, length 9.41mm, thickness including hoop remains 4.02mm, thickness across centre of bezel (minimum) 3.07mm, weight 1.12g. Probably Roman, possibly medieval.
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Breedon on the Hill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-F324E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy bow brooch fragment, foot only, 1st-2nd century. The bow expands slightly (from 3mm-5mm) towards the rounded everted foot. Part of the catchplate survives on the reverse of the bow. Dark-mid green patina. Length 15.45mm, width 5.82mm, thickness 6.24mm, weight 1.14g.
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Breedon on the Hill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-F34715
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable Roman cast copper alloy bracelet fragment. Plano-convex strip, no decoration. Fine dark green patina, mid & light green exposed metal. Length 42.62mm, width 4.92mm, thickness 2.0mm, weight 2.62g.
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Breedon on the Hill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-F36383
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five Roman eathernware pottery vessel sherds: 1 Mortarium rim sherd; sandy cream fabric with partial maker's stamp within rouletted border at one break (not enough to read). Weight 26.82g, projected diameter c.300mm. Probably made in the Oxfordshire area. 2 Derbyshire ware jar sherd, oxidised fired, pimply goose-flesh appearence. Weight 5.30g. (middle right in photograph) 3-5 Three greyware sherds, two body and one base; wire marks on the base (from removing from wheel); diameter of base 50mm; weight of base 18.31g, body 1 25.59g, body 2 13.25g.
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Breedon on the Hill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-FEDE65
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman republican silver denarius serratus of C. Marius, Rome, 81BC. 18mm in diameter, 2mm thick and weighing 3.01grams. Two oxen reverse type
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2007
Last updated: Sunday 20th August 2017
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Record ID: HESH-029478
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Contemporray copy of a bronze nummus of the House of Constantine. Type Constantinopolis rev type Victory on prow post 330.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 15th November 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-549F07
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman silver denarius of tiberius, 17mm in diameter, 2mm thick and weighing 3.64grams. Rome, 14-37AD (RIC 25).
Created on: Monday 10th September 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 28th August 2012
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Record ID: LEIC-8EA104
Object type: COSMETIC ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman? copper alloy Cosmetic or surgical implement fragment? 28mm long and 13mm in diameter. The object is in fair condition woth a green patina and weighs 11.69grams. The object begins with a rectangular protrusion which has snapped off at an angle. below this is a sub-spherical section which sits above a protruding collar. The object then becomes trapezoidal in form while remaining cricular in section. This has a circular sectioned shaft base in the centre of its base. The object is most likely a Roman cosmetic or surgical implement.
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-D212F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description of find Complete silver denarius of Elagabalus (218-222). CATALOGUE Reign of Elagabalus. Obverse: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Reverse: LIBERTAS AVG (Libertas standing left, holding pileus and sceptre. Star high left in field) Bust: C2*
Created on: Friday 28th September 2007
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Twycross', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID-D22C67
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description of find Incomplete silver denarius of Severus Alexander (AD222-235). CATALOGUE Reign of Severus Alexander. Obverse: IMP C M AVR [SEV ALEXAND] AVG Reverse: ANNON[A AVG] (Annona standing left, holding two corn-ears and cornucopiae) Bust: C1*
Created on: Friday 28th September 2007
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Twycross', grid reference and parish protected.