Record ID: WILT-65BD43
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
This hoard was found in the 1990s and was acquired by Salisbury Museum in 2002. All the objects are Roman and date to the mid to late fourth century. The hoard comprises: - 2 gold finger rings - 44 silver siliquae - see also WILT-DE27B5 (additional siliqua) Finger ring 1. (Identifier Catherine Johns) The ring has been flattened but has not been seriously damaged. Though there is visible wear on the back of the hoop, the condition of the gold is generally very good. There is an oval box-bezel with a narrow, flat retaining ring, containing a repousse gold plaque with clas…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 30th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bowerchalke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-F70F42
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly incomplete cast tin-plated bronze Roman spoon, dating to the second half of the 4th century between AD 350-400 (overall length: 152mm; length of bowl: 46mm; width of bowl: 28mm; overall depth/ thickness of spoon: 17.5mm; weight: 13.99g). The spoon’s bowl (thickness of metal: 1mm) is oval in shape with a slightly sloped recess in the centre for gathering food. The bowl’s surface is still largely covered by the original tin-plating. The bowl has been separately attached to the decorative arched neck of the stem or ‘volute’ (length of arched neck: 18mm; width: 2mm), …
Created on: Wednesday 26th April 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-142D56
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An impressive example of a complete Romano-British Dragonesque brooch. This brooch is a reversed ‘S’ shape in plan and is 51mm long, 22.02mm wide and weighs 14.78g. The underlying, abstract, Iron Age design is that of two cornucopias, joined ‘mouth to mouth’ at the centre. However, where the ‘mouths’ of the cornucopia would have butted, the ‘S’ shape has been expanded to allow for extensive enamelling. The centre of the enamelled design is a rectangular panel within which are three lozenge shapes placed end to end, in what is considered to be a ‘provincial Roman style…
Created on: Monday 5th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hadstock', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: KENT3610
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A standard Roman gem-set finger-ring of Henig Type II, with slight faceting of the hoop. The engraved cornelian gem, now detached from its setting, shows the figure of a dolphin. Analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content of 98%.
Created on: Friday 27th July 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 27th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wrotham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS179
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver finger-ring fragment, with small nicolo paste gem set in silver bezel with angled walls; narrow hoop now lost. The motif depicts a male figure with one foot raised to rest on a support which is not represented. One lowered arm is probably concealed in a fold of drapery, while the other arm is raised and a small animal is held aloft. The type is Neptune, his foot on a prow, holding a fish or small dolphin. What little remains of the ring suggests a 2nd-3rd century date. Though the gem is of small size and there are imperfections in the glass, the engraving is competent, an…
Created on: Thursday 15th March 2001
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK FINCHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS180
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver finger-ring of Brancaster type, broken into 4 pieces. The rectangular bezel is raised about 3mm from the hoop, and has surface measurements of 11x9mm. The width of the back of the hoop is 3mm. This is a fine example of an inscribed Brancaster-type ring: the type is discussed in Johns 1996 pp.53-5 and there is a stylistic link with the shoulder-decoration of one of the three Amesbury rings. The bezel is bordered with tiny dots and has an inscription in two lines divided by a plain horizontal line, all laid in niello. The legend is VTI / FELIX (use (this) happily), a standa…
Created on: Thursday 15th March 2001
Last updated: Monday 24th June 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS177
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman openwork gold finger-ring, now flattened, but not otherwise damaged. The hoop consists of two square-sectioned wires giving a width of 6-7mm, joined with a series of tightly-coiled C-shaped volutes also in square wire. There are ten of these, facing inward at the bezel from the centre back. The bezel is backed with a rather rough square of gold sheet and is virtually circular; there are four small gold grains where the hoop wires are attached. The setting is about 7mm in diameter, and contains a cabochon-cut garnet with an almost flat surface. The ring appears to be late Roman, …
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK CAWSTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS178
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver crossbow brooch. The fibula is incomplete, consisting only of the bow and catchplate. The bow is slender and has a round octagonal section. There appears to be no decoration on it. The foot is bevelled, with paired lugs, and the closed catchplate still contains the remnants of the pin. 4th century. Length 61mm, weight 13g. 79% silver. Published in TAR 2000, no. 28.
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2001
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK EAST RUDHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL83
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Trafford
Workflow stage: Published
Figurine of female in classical style drapery. Left arm missing. Top of head slopes backwards.
Created on: Friday 26th June 1998
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GREATER MANCHESTER CARRINGTON', grid reference and parish protected.