Record ID: SUR-D24694
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and bent cast copper alloy Roman Initial T-shaped brooch, of Colchester derivative hinged pin type (Mackreth (2011) CD H) dating to the late 1st to early 2nd century AD. The wings are cylindrical with moulded lobes around each end and contain remains of an iron axis spindle which has corroded, expanded and broken the wings in places. The centre of the head has a notch for the pin. The bow is convex, with a moulded spine, ridged margins and a triangular lobe at the apex with a small hole at the centre and a lobed collar behind. The bow then tapers back to a round…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-4B07BD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Iron Age copper alloy brooch of the La Tene I type dating to the 4th - 3rd century B.C. ' Wessex' Type, Hull's Type 1A. The brooch has a strongly arched faceted bow with a diamond-shaped cross section.. The top of the arch extends to form the tightly coiled spring with an axis bar and arched mock-spring. A tapering pin with a sub-circular section remains, and tapers down to a pointed terminal that is situated near the catch plate.  The opposite end of the arch extends to form the foot and catchplate of the brooch which consists of a bar that is ben…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-BE2952
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy penannular brooch of late Roman to Early-Medieval date, c.AD 350 - 600 and of Booth Type F (Fowlers Type F). The frame is bent open and has a sub rounded cross section, with thin incised decorative transverse banding running around it. The zoomorphic terminals are integrally cast and aligned with their upper surfaces facing outwards from the body of the wearer; each is sub-rectangular with moulded details (second image) including a snout facing forwards with recessed circular eyes and a brow behind. The pin is 67.5mm in length and slight…
Created on: Wednesday 27th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 28th December 2023
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Record ID: SUR-A48208
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman enamelled Trumpet brooch (c. AD 100-250.  cf. Mackreth (2011), TR 1.2b4, p. 83, pl. 80. The head is oval with a pointed stump of a now lost attachment loop and enamel inlay decoration in the form of a circular motif comprised  two opposing C-shaped forms in blue enamel with triangular recesses around the sides which may also have once held enamel. There is a single round loop at the centre of the underside of the head to hold the spring and pin, now lost. The bow is narrow with a sub rounded cross section and curves sh…
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-EFF51E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A large cast copper alloy Roman  brooch of Colchester derivative Harlow double-lugged type (Mackreth 2011, CD Ha 1,  Plate 32) dating to the first century AD. The arms are semi-cylindrical with moulded ridges and shoulders, and the catchplate is openwork and largely incomplete. The bow, which is slightly bent, has a triangular cross section with a moulded spine which joins the double-lugged projection for the hinge. The spring and pin are missing.
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-257AFB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy Roman Initial T-shaped brooch, of Colchester derivative hinged pin type (Mackreth (2011) CD H) dating to the late 1st to early 2nd century AD. The wings are cylindrical with moulded ridges around their tips and contain an axis spindle. The bow is convex , with a raised spine decorated with panels of incised saltire crosses separated by ridges. The bow tapers back and ends in a break and the foot and catchplate are missing. The pin is largely missing aside from the loop at the hinge which remains articulated.
Created on: Thursday 27th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 27th July 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-C227DB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy British plate brooch dating c. AD 80-250. The brooch has a circular plate with six projecting plain knops (broadly 5.4mm long x 4.7mm wide); set around the rim; one is bent backwards and one is missing with a worn break across the neck. The upper surface of the plate is decorated with champleve enamel with an empty central recessed annulus. Around the edge of the plate, abutting the rim are six semi-circular recessed cells with no surviving enamel; and set between these cells and the central annulus is a narrow six pointed star…
Created on: Monday 10th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-2A3C68
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy hinged Roman brooch of south-western T- shaped type, dating to the 1st-2nd century AD. The arms are tubular and completely enclose the axis bar. The front has the stump of a broken projecting loop. The main portion of the bow has a flat cross-section and has four parallel ridges running down the spine. The foot, pin and catchplate are missing. 
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
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Record ID: GLO-DF5B42
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy developed T-shaped brooch that has tubular wings which hold the pin axis bar, there is a slot in the centre rear of the wings for the pin which in complete. On the top of the head is the remains of a broken loop, below on the first third of the bow is a rectangular cell that has a row of diamonds running down the centre, resulting is two rows of opposing triangle cells, all of which are filled with red enamel.  The brooch is truncated at the apex of the bow.
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 27th July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-B4EFB5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy headstud brooch (cf. Mackreth 2011, Headstud 5.a Plate 73) dating to c. AD 70-250. The head has a pair of short flat wings to either side, each decorated with transverse grooves, underneath which are the cylindrical mounts for the iron axis bar and now missing pin.  At the front of the bow is a worn stump of a broken loop. The bow is strongly curved with an integrally cast boss, behind which extends a panel of recessed lozengiform and triangular cells which may have been enamelled . The foot of the bow has broken off. The r…
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2023
Last updated: Sunday 28th May 2023
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Record ID: WILT-90E687
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Middle Iron Age copper alloy brooch, dating to c 300 - 150 BC. Adams' (2013) Type 2Lb. The pin is missing. It has a thick humped bow, known as the leech form, roughly hollowed, bulging forward from the head and also bulging in width before tapering again towards the foot. It has an integral reverted foot, giving the appearance of a bent back foot closely abutting the bow but in fact the foot and bow are a solid piece of cast metal. The catchplate is formed by a groove, with overlapping pin curl at the side of the base of the bow. Part of …
Created on: Monday 8th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-7A5C04
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman enamelled copper alloy plate brooch probably a Continental type dating c. AD 100-200. The plate is flat on the reverse and slightly convex on the upper surface with worn breaks around all edges. The upper surface of the surviving plate contains 16 trapezoidal cells radiating around a central central raised linear annulet. Within the annulet are 12 trapezoidal cells radiating around a raised circular boss with small circular recess in centre; probably for the attachment of a missing element such as a boss or stud.  Blue enamel…
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-7A1A5D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, copper alloy, Roman, Hod Hill type brooch, AD.40-100. Remaining are the head, bow, foot and catchplate of the brooch. The object comprises the bow, the foot, and catchplate of the brooch. Both the head and the pin of the brooch are missing. The bow is rectangular shape, with four longitudinal ridges, two upon the outer edges and two within. Extending from the centre of the bow are two transverse terminals, both spherical at the end. Below the rectangular section of the bow is a transverse collar, followed by the undecorated foot of the brooch and endi…
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2023
Last updated: Monday 26th June 2023
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Record ID: SUR-0E4733
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy hinged Roman brooch, possibly of south-western T- shaped Type, dating to the 1st-2nd century AD. The arms are tubular and completely enclose the iron axis bar. The front has the stump of a broken projecting loop. The main portion of the bow has a flat cross-section and has three parallel ridges running down the spine, the central of which is cast in a zig-zag pattern. The foot, pin and catchplate are missing. Circa 1st to 2nd century AD.
Created on: Thursday 20th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-6C194B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Harlow type, dating c. AD 50-80.  Only the head and upper bow survive. The arms are semi-cylindrical with a single groove at each terminal end. In the centre is a double lug with two circular apertures, one containing the external chord and the other the axis bar of the spring which has four loops on each side; a short length of the pin survives. The bow extends from the head, the double lug extending in a short ridge before merging with the bow which has a sub-circular cross section terminating in a worn …
Created on: Wednesday 12th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-047477
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete, worn and bent copper alloy, Roman, Hod Hill type brooch, AD.43-70. The object comprises most of the head, bow, foot and pin of the brooch. The complete but bent pin is corroded in place in the pin slot at the head of the brooch and terminates in a sharp point. The flattened sub-rectangular head of the brooch has iron corrosion on the outer surface and with a worn break along the top edge. It tapers sharply into a waist above a trapezoidal panel with a horizontal rib at upper edge, two vertical longitudinal ridges near the out…
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th May 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-F5D10B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Romano-British Colchester Type one-piece brooch dating from the 1st century AD (c. AD 25-70) with short wings and a forward-facing hook on its head.Three coiled springs remain on one side, but one the springs on the other side are missing, as is the pin.  The front of the  brooch is fairly narrow, and tapers from the head to the tip, decorated with  a zig-zag line in sunk relief down the length of its face. The profile of the brooch is characterised by a bow-like continuous single curve to a vertical catch-plate about one-third down. The triangular-shaped catch…
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2023
Last updated: Saturday 24th June 2023
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Record ID: SUR-DD66B8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy early Iron Age bow brooch dating to 450-300 BC, 27.7mm in length, complete with part of the spring, but missing its pin. The bow has a flat cross section and flares into a lenticular plate which is strongly arched and is decorated with two ridges which form an ellipse along the spine. The catchplate is incomplete. As Adams (2015) type IB-C.
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd March 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-CD7EBD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete late Iron Age to early Roman copper-alloy Rosette brooch dating c.20-60 AD.  The head, bow and lozenge plate survive with the pin and catchplate missing. The brooch is bent, worn and abraded. The sheet metal spring casing at the head is folded into a cylinder to encase the separately cast spring and pin. It has half a pin slot surviving and a worn horizontal raised rib on the front face. One half of the back is missing exposing the coiled spring, revealing three turns and the worn stub of the pin.  The flat sheet metal bow is rectangular in plan…
Created on: Monday 27th February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th May 2023
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Record ID: CORN-EE9BCE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Intial T-shaped hinged brooch, of Hull T94A dating to c. AD 50-100.  Measurements: Length (at side of pin), 11.25mm; Length (incl. pin), 12.27mm, Width, 27.99mm; Thickness, 5.97mm; Weight, 2.55g. Butcher (2016) illustrates a similar Colchester derivative brooches with transverse grooves and mouldings down the middle of the bow from Nornour, Isles of Scilly, on page 5, fig.4, no.60, which is hinged but imitating a later stage in the development of the sprung type, and dated from the 1st century AD. Bayley and Butcher (200…
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2023
Last updated: Sunday 23rd July 2023
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