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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Record ID: SWYOR-CA137E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy probable headstud brooch, probably dating from about AD 150 - 250. In plan, the brooch is sub T-shaped. The pin is hinged, and only the top survives. It is held on a copper alloy axis bar in a tubular housing on the back of the head. The wings are decorated with enamelled recesses. Two red enamel triangles point towards each other, with two blue enamel crescents placed between them, also with the points of the crescents angled towards each other.  There is a crest or pseudo forward hook on the head of the bow. Immediately adja…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leeds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-EF5105
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow of Developed T-shaped type of T108 and of 2nd century AD date. The brooch is near-complete, missing the end of the pin (with a length of 45.5mm, a depth of 18.5mm and a weight of 12.4g). The copper alloy pin is hinged within tubular wings (with a width of 23.0mm and a diameter of 4.2mm) probably around an iron axis bar. The ends of the wings have a decorative vertical rib. At the head is a un perforated ‘chain-loop’ (5.6mm high, 6.8mm wide), with a circular cell infilled with a grainy red-brown deposit. The upper bow is of sub-rectangular section and…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: SOM-BBBD99
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy Large south-western T-shaped brooch of Hull T138 dating to the late first to second century AD, incomplete as the pin is missing and there is a worn break about two thirds of the way down the bow. The head has two short cylindrical wings, 13.96mm wide, to hold the axis bar for the hinged pin. Between the wings is a slot in which the pin would have sat. Both ends of the wings are slightly abraded. Emerging from the centre of the head is a large fixed headloop. The bow generally has a D-shaped cross-section with a flat back. The bow narrows and thins …
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2024
Last updated: Saturday 13th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Cuthbert Out', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E9A935
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch fragment. Cast hinged Colchester derivative brooch, Mackreth type CD H 4.a.  A plate 56, no. 2467. Almost plain tubular wings - there is a thin wavy oblique moulding on the front of the wings on either side – clenched behind retain an axis bar and the stub of a pin. The bow, of indented rectangular section, clasps the wings and bears three pronounced longitudinal ridges separated by deep gutters; the bow tapers towards the foot [lost]. Suggested date: Early Roman, 50-150 Length: 23.5mm, Width: 20.7mm, Thickness (crest of bow): 4.8mm, Weight: 4.54gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kettlethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-E8A3A9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy hinged double lugged trumpet brooch, dating between AD 80-200. The head of the brooch is ovate, with two integral pierced semi circular lugs on the reverse to accommodate an axis bar. Between both pierced lugs sits an intact copper alloy spring of four coils with a semi-circular loop set behind the spring, hanging toward the foot. The coils are covered in iron corrosion suggesting the axis bar may be iron. One coil extends into an incomplete circular-sectioned pin which tapers towards a worn break near the catchp…
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-EDC54C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Initial T-shaped brooch, of Colchester derivative hinged pin type (Hull T125; Mackreth (2011) CD H) dating to the late 1st to early 2nd century AD. The wings are cylindrical with incised lines around the tips and contain an axis spindle retaining the pin (27mm in length). The bow is convex, with a moulded spine decorated with incised oblique lines, and has ridged margins. It tapers back to a bend and break. The foot and catchplate are missing. The surface has traces of tinning.
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-532C8C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy trumpet brooch of Hull Type 157C dating to the Roman period. The brooch is nearly identical to an example in Hattatt (1989, p. 327, Fig. 186, no. 1528). The head end of the bow expands outward in a typical 'trumpet-like' form with a broadly D-shaped cross-section. The object tapers in thickness from the head curving down towards the leg of the brooch. The foot is missing. At the rear of the head is the top of a pierced lug through which the spring would have passed holding it in place. The spring, pin and catchplate are missing. From the top of the lug projects a broken …
Created on: Friday 23rd September 2016
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penrith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-6048B0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman hinged T-shaped brooch with ribbed and knurled cylindrical crossbar with the remains of the hinge in the centre of the back of the head. The head of the bow has a central crest that is semi-circular in profile and protrudes above the arch of the bow and the crossbar. Where the head meets the crossbar, there is a border of moulded rectangular ribs defined by oblique lines on either side which taper to meet at a point just in front of the hinge. The sides of the bow are also ribbed with oblique incised lines on either side of a central knurled band of o…
Created on: Monday 10th June 2013
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: SOM-A3E6DD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy devolved T-shaped brooch of Hull T131 dating to 50 to 150 AD. The pin, part of one wing, and the catchplate are missing. There is a worn break about halfway down the bow. The head has two short cylindrical wings, 18.92mm wide, to hold the axis bar for the hinged pin. Both ends of the wings are abraded, the left more than the right. The bow generally has a D-shaped cross-section with a flat back. The bow narrows and thins gradually but consistently towards the break. It is characterised on its upper surface by two lozenge shaped incised shape…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A402E9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and fragmented Roman copper-alloy T-shaped brooch of ull T109; Wilsford type dating from 43 to 200 AD. The headloop, pin, one wing, and the catchplate are missing. The brooch has been broken into two pieces halfway down the bow, the wear on the breaks appears modern. The head has one short cylindrical wings, 19.41mm wide, and the headloop which would have extended from the top of the crossbar has been broken off. The remaining wing is decorated with two grooved lines towards its outer edge. The bow generally has a D-shaped cross-section with a f…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beercrocombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-75315C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends), Mackreth 2011, 4.a. Plate 46, of Roman date (AD 80 to AD 120). Approximately 50% of the brooch is present, with the spring, pin, catch-plate and foot missing. In plan, the brooch is almost T-shaped, and D-shaped in cross section. The bow head is hump-like, and angular (comma shaped) in profile, with cylindrical wings projecting from either side at the top. Each wing has a semi circular pierced wing cap. Ridges are present at the shoulders of the brooch. A cen…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shropshire', grid reference and parish protected.