Record ID: SOM-332591
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy mount or possibly buckle pin dating to the first century AD. The piece is a flat plate, winged in shape with curving wings forming C-shapes running back from a central point. Beteen the base of the 'wings' is a flat projecting triangular tab ending in an old break. There is a groove in each wing which would have been filled with enamel. Small fragments survive in the centre and were probably green or blue. The reverse is plain and the item has a green patina. The pin measures 17.49mm in length, 19.75mm in width and weighs 1.70g. It appears to be incomplete at t…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-358457
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy finger ring dating to the 2nd or 3rd century. The intaglio is missing from the raised oval box which is in the centre of an incised lozenge shape. Below this on each shoulder is a worn pattern, ending in an incised horizontal line. The bezel is larger than the box, oval with triangular projections on each corner where there is a distinct carination betwen the bezl and shoulders. The ring narrows from the shoulder into the hoop. There is no trace of decoration on the hoop which is broken and bent inwards at the back. The ring measures 20.45m in diameter, 14.33mm in…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mere', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-CB7459
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy radiate of unclear emperor dating to AD 260 to 275 (Reece period 13). Unclear reverse type depicting a standing female figured, possibly Pax. Unclear mint.
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 29th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashcott CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8452A5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman phallic mount dating from c. AD 43 - 410. The object is 'T-shaped' in plan, the phallus itself being triangular in cross-section and its straight sides gradually converging towards the raised, moulded tip. At the other end, the testicles project at a right angle from the right and left hand sides and an oblique ridge separates the rounded testicles from the phallus. The underside of the object is concave with an integrally cast, circular-sectioned rivet at each end. The rivet at the tip is complete but the one at the top has been broken at the base. The object has…
Created on: Tuesday 30th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 1st November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penton Grafton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F9C5F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rare, copper-alloy dupondius of Severus Alexander (AD 222-235), minted in Rome, AD 229. RESTITVTOR MON reverse type depicting the emperor standing left with spear. Ref. RIC, Vol. IV, Part II, p.118, no. 601. Severus Alexander apparently struck this coinage in connection with an 'enigmatic ... '"reform" in c. 229 celebrated with dupondii inscribed Restitvtor Mon (Alexander standing) and Mon Restitvta (Moneta standing). The nature of this event is a mystery, though it may be a celebration of the effectiveness of Alexander's decision in 222 to abandon the inflationary double-denariu…
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 31st December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Piddletrenthide', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DEV-2F8F82
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base fragment of a greyware ceramic vessel dating to the Roman period (c. AD 43 - 410). The base is almost flat, with wear marks and more recent scratches on the underside. There is very little of the vessel's body that remains adhered to the base, but there is enough to suggest an open profile vessel form, too little survives to estimate the diameter. The fragment is a blue-grey in colour, with brownish patina. The hard fired fabric is non-micaceous with abundant very fine sand temper and occasional rounded iron stone inclusions. The sherd measures 12mm in length, 49.3mm in width, …
Created on: Wednesday 7th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-E9D7F8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy finger ring fragment consisting of the bezel and the adjacent parts of the hoop. The hoop on one side protrudes by c2mm while on the other side it extends for c6mm, the tapered point having been bent inwards. The rest of the hoop is missing to old breaks. The bezel is flat front and back and octagonal in plan, the rounding of the corners giving it a almost oval shape; it is set transversely to the hoop. The oblique corners and short ends are slightly concave. In the centre of the bezel is an indented oval setting, c2mm deep, now empty. The base of the bezel set…
Created on: Friday 16th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 3rd December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middlezoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EE987D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy enamelled Roman zoomorphic plate brooch depicting a fish on a dish dating to the period c. AD 100 - 300. The pin is missing. The plate is pointed oval in shape with a series of projecting rounded lugs spaced at regular intervals around the edge of the plate, including one lug at each pointed end. Several of the lugs are missing or incomplete due to wear. The plate is decorated with a border of alternating isoceles triangle recesses, some of which contain traces of degraded enamel, probably green in the inner triangles and unclear in the outer due to servi…
Created on: Friday 16th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middlezoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2A10FE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy radiate of Postumus dating from AD 260-269 (Reece period 13). PAX AVG Reverse type depicting Pas standing left holding branch in right hand long transverse sceptre in left hand. Mint unknown. (Cunetio, pg. 145, no. 2450)
Created on: Monday 19th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 3rd December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middlezoy CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F9C34B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A segment of a Roman silver denarius of Caracalla dating to AD 213-217 (Reece period 10). LIBERAL AVG VIIII depicting Libralitas standing with cornucopia and abacus, minted at Rome. RIC IV, Caracalla 302. The piece is approximately one quarter of the coin. The direct distance between the two ends of the circumference is 14.7mm, while the edges that approximate radii are 13.3mm and 11.6mm long. The piece is 1.9mm thick and weighs 1.25g.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 31st December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Piddletrenthide', grid reference and parish protected.