Record ID: SOM-686BD2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman cast copper-alloy Colchester two-piece brooch dating to the first century AD. The brooch consists of the head of the brooch, its wings and a portion of the bow.The head has semi-circular sectioned wings, slightly concave at the back to accommodate the spring (not found with the artefact). The front of the wings are rounded, plain and show chipped ends which have become rounded through abrasion. Between the wings and projecting 6.8mm away from the bow of the brooch is a rounded lug pierced by a single hole (1.6mm in diameter) that is now filled with brown soil. This would …
Created on: Monday 11th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 9th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shrewton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F2CB6C
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2017 T78; Disclaimed, returned to finder. 2 copper alloy roman coins and a copper alloy ring. No. mint date Obv. Rev. Rev. Type m.-m. ref Qty. Wt 20 ? AD 348-50 Cn FEL TEMP REPARATIO Emperor standing left in galley with a standard, holding a phoenix or Vict…
Created on: Monday 30th January 2017
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Merriot CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C0BD4E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of Constantine II as Caesar dating to c. AD 330 -335 (Reece period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting two soldiers standing flanking two standards holding spears in outer hands. Minted at Trier. LRBC pt I no. 49 56 or 68.
Created on: Wednesday 15th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 6th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-13FBB6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Brooch. Knee Brooch, as kindly suggested by Laura Burnett with reference to IOW-C9CD63and SOM-3B6BAF. The fastening may derive from the Polden Hill series (cf. Mackreth's CD PH 6, the 'Eastern' type).The plate at one end of the wings may have served as a hook, and there is the stub of a rearward pointing hook at the top of the wings. A small integrally cast top loop is of triangular form. A broad sub-rectangular section bow meets the head, and has two or more pairs of side knobs. There is a suspicion of further decorative detail, though worn. The bow tapers towards a simp…
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2013
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-15E845
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy dupondius probably of Domitian dating to AD 81 to 96 (Reece period 4). Unclear reverse type depicting a seated figure facing left. Mint of Rome.
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Knoyle CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4E70F1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy with gilding, brooch. Cast brooch resembling members of the Headstud class, albeit lacking the stud; Laura Burnett kindly identifies this as a knee brooch. Semi-tubular wings closed at their ends retain an axis bar and a nine coil spring and a pin. An integrally cast sub-rectangular plate rises above the wings, surmounted by a moulded lug with a drilled aperture of diameter circa 2mm with the stub of a loop above it. The bow tapers from the full width of the head to a pedestal foot with an aperture in its base, with the stub of a catch plate behind. Curvilinear relief dec…
Created on: Friday 8th February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 20th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-B46214
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy nummus of Constantius II (AD 337-50), dating to AD 352 - 355 (Reece Period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type, depicting a soldier spearing a fallen horseman. Minted in Rome. RIC VIII, p. 274, no. 273; LRBC part 2 678.
Created on: Monday 9th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trudoxhill CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7C1434
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Roman, copper alloy nail-cleaner strap-end with crescent-shaped lugs and a) simple punched decoration. The blade itself is leaf shaped, and widens to an angular shoulder before tapering in a concave curve from the shoulders to two rounded points which are both worn. The edges are bevelled widening from the front to the back. The blade is decorated, on the obverse, with a ring and dot motif by the shoulders, from this runs a row of small circular indents, that run in a line along the remaining length of the blade terminating shortly before the blade separates to form two poi…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 16th September 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-02A795
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy initial T-shaped brooch, probably dating to c. AD 50-100. Only the head and upper part of the bow of the brooch survive. The wings are broken at the end and measure 23.59mm in width and are cylindrical with a sub-rectangular slot cut into the reverse to accommodate a hinged pin, now lost. White cement can be seen in the ends of the broken wings, to hold the cross bar. The bow is D-shaped in section with a flat back and convex front. The front of the bow is cast into a series of converging ribs, forming one V-shape and probably a second nest V surrounding a cen…
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 27th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-03E71A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete large Roman copper alloy hinged developed T-shaped brooch, probably dating to c. 75 - 150. The brooch comprises of the upper bow, the majority of the wing casing and a broken head loop, the lower bow, catchplate and pin are all missing. At the head of the brooch the cylindrical wings survive almost intact except for the tip of the left wing where white cement is visible. There is a centrally positioned slot in the casing to hold a separate copper alloy hinged pin but only a small bit of this survives, mainly the triangular head. Expanding from the head of the brooch…
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 27th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.