Record ID: WAW-52B955
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy radiate of Allectus (AD 293 - 296) (Reece Period 14), VIRTVS AVG, Galley left with mast, cabin, five or six rowers; waves. Mint of London, QL. RIC V, pt 2, p. 563, no. 55. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Friday 10th August 2012
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2016
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Record ID: WAW-8BF288
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
2012 T168 Report on three Post-medieval coins from Dodderhill, Worcestershire These coins could certainly have been in currency together in the mid to late 1640s, since the issues of Elizabeth I and James I show extensive signs of usage. Given this, the absence of other coin loss on the site and the fact that they were found in close proximity, it is probable that they were deposited together. Since they are official English silver coins of the sterling standard, i.e. 92.5% fine metal, they contain more than 10% silver. They are clearly more than 300 years old. They appear, therefore,…
Created on: Thursday 8th March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
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Record ID: WAW-0D70E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete copper-alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type), cf. Mackreth 2011, 5.a3. Plate 50. Roman date (80-120AD). In plan, the brooch is T-shaped, and semi-circular in cross section. The bow head is humped and angular in profile, with cylindrical wings projecting from either side at the top. The projects out of the head at a ninety degree angle before running down to the foot. The wings of the brooch are undecorated. Each of the wings has a sub circular wing cap which is raised. A complete hook pointing forwards which holds part of the spring is…
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bredon Hill area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-0CA771
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A corroded incomplete Late Iron Age/ early Roman (AD 20-80) copper- alloy Colchester one-piece brooch missing most of the catchplate. The wings are flat and rectangular are 15.25mm wide. No decoration is visible on the bow. Behind the wings, the undamaged spring chord is held by a forward-facing hook, the pin is bent inwards. The catchplate is mostly missing The brooch is 51.25mm long and weighs 8.2g.
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2012
Last updated: Friday 2nd March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bredon Hill area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-0C6D61
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman (AD 43-70) copper-alloy tinned Hod Hill brooch,consisting of the bow, foot and catchplate only. The wings of the brooch are missing. The bow is bent inwards at the old break before expanding outwards slightly towards the two knops. The left side knop is missing but the right side knop survives. The bow tapers below the two knops towards the foot. The bow is decorated with two raised vertical ridges which terminate just below the knop. Below this is a slightly recessed horizontal incision and a raised horizontal ridge. The tapering section of the bow is decorated wi…
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2012
Last updated: Friday 2nd March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bredon Hill area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-0C3C90
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of Roman (AD 43-70) copper alloy Hod Hill type brooch, consisting of damaged wings and top of bow only. The slightly worn wings, c.17.95 mm in width have a recess in the centre for the pin, the brooch tapers towards the bow which is 10.7mm in width and curves forward slightly below the curled forward wings. The bow is decorated with a horizontal ridge with two veritcal ribs below. The jagged break is old. The brooch is 21.75mm in length, 17.1mm wide, 3.5mm thick and weighs 2.3 grams. Hod Hill type brooches were very popular in Britain and a wide range of varients are …
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2012
Last updated: Friday 2nd March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bredon Hill area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-F8B097
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper-alloy Roman gem set (intaglio) finger ring. The fragment consists of a section of the sub-oval bezel and shoulder . The break across the bevel of the ring reveals the cross section of the gem (lost) which has a flat base and slightly curved sides. The shoulder has decoration consisting of two transverse incisions forming a V above two horizontal incisions. There is no evidence for other material, such as organic adhesive in the setting. The metal is a mid green colour. The ring is 14.2mm in length, 12.5mm wide, 2.65mm thick and weighs 1.6 grams.
Created on: Thursday 1st March 2012
Last updated: Saturday 3rd March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bredon Hill area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-9676D1
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete slightly worn amber bead of uncertain date. The bead which in circular in plan and oval in cross section thickens towards the centre. The surface is chipped in places. The central perforation is c.3.6mm. The bead has a diameter of 24.4mm, it is 19.2mm thick and weighs 6.8 grams. Amber beads are very difficult to date. They are reasonably common from Bronze Age to Early Medieval contexts.
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2016
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Record ID: WAW-44E267
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete post-Medieval to Modern cast copper-alloy "toy" cannon of probable eighteenth to nineteenth century date (c. 1750-c. 1850). The toy is described as if it were a functioning cannon. The cascable (or cascabel) and the cascable button has a length of about 8.65m. The base ring diameter is 7.7mm. Between the base ring and the first astragal, the vent field has a length of c. 8mm and the circular vent itself has a diameter of 1.9mm. This vent is sometimes referred to as a 'touch-hole'. The trunnions (length: 15.35mm) divide the first and second reinforce from the chase. The tru…
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
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Record ID: WAW-9D4D70
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A worn silver Republican denarius of the moneyer P. Clodius; Diana Lucifera reverse, minted at Rome, 42 BC; RRC no. 494.
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2011
Last updated: Monday 19th December 2011
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Record ID: WAW-1DC847
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A slightly corroded and damaged cast copper-alloy Roman Trumpet brooch dating to the second century AD. The majority of the brooch survives, with the exception of the pin. The flared trumpet head is sub-circular with a flat lower surface from the centre of which protrudes a loop, a truncated oval in shape. The bow is D shaped as it emerges from the head. There are grooves between the bow and the head giving the latter a moulded quality. Above these grooves there is a pair of parallel lines on the bow giving a 'V'.The brooch has a central moulding flanked by prominent transverse groove…
Created on: Friday 9th December 2011
Last updated: Saturday 10th December 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmbridge CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-D03560
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A worn and corroded late 3rd-century or early 4th-century copper-alloy Roman nummus possibly of Galerius (293 - 311 AD) as Caesar, 'GENIO POPVLI ROMANI', mint of London (c. AD 300-303; Reece issue period 15).
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 21st January 2015
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Record ID: WAW-CFB026
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Both coins are Iron Age gold coins produced between Caesar's invasions of Britain (55/54 BC) and the Roman Conquest in AD 43. They belong to the so-called 'Western series', which is often attributed to the Dobunni. During the Roman period, and perhaps earlier, the Dobunni inhabited an area covering the modern county of Gloucestershire and parts of Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire. Coin 1 One of the coins is a gold "stater" of a type known as "British RA". The front (obverse) of the coin is almost completely blank, but for a small and faint lin…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 11th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Malvern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-A003C1
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Catalogue 1. Elizabeth I Sixpence 1567 AD (North No. 1997) Obverse: Crowned bust facing left with a rose behind the head. (Lion) [E]LIZABET[H] D G [ANG] FRA ET HIB REGINA Reverse: Square shield on long cross fourchee dividing the legend (Lion) POSVI DEU ADIVTORE[M MEV] Weight: 2.36gm. 2. Elizabeth I Sixpence 1580 AD (North No. 1997) Obverse: Crowned bust facing left with a rose behind the head. (Long cross) ELIZA[BE]TH D G ANG [FRA ET HIB REG]INA Reverse: Square shield on long cross fourchee dividing the legend (Long cross) [POSVI DEU AD]IVTOREM MEV Weight: 2.51g…
Created on: Friday 9th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bromsgrove', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-AF61B0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy probable Colchester derivative Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Group 4.a-b, flat wing ends type) brooch of Roman date (80-120 AD). The brooch is incomplete, the head, wings and part of the bow survive. The foot, spring, the pin, bow and catch plate are missing. In plan, the brooch is almost T-shaped, and oval in cross section. The bow head is hump-like, and angular in profile, with cylindral wings projecting from either side at the top. The wings of the brooch appear to be undecorated. Each of the wings has a sub circular wing cap. An incomplete hook pointi…
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2017
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Record ID: WAW-04E186
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A group of 3,874 Roman radiates within a Severn Valley Ware narrow mouthed storage jar dating from the Emperor Philip II to the Emperor Probus (244-282 AD). The coins range in date from AD 244-282 (the coins of the emperor Probus include his final issues from Lyon which carry the letters A-D marking the four workshops of the mint). The group is broadly similar in composition to the many Romano-British coin hoards (at over 200 so far recorded) buried in the aftermath of the breakaway 'Gallic Empire'. The Gallic empire, whose capital was at the city of Trier but which had held domi…
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 17th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bredon Hill area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-0CF996
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A corroded slightly bent but complete cast lead-alloy medieval pilgrim's ampulla. The artefact is flask-shaped, with a rounded, semi-circular lower chamber. The upper half is sub-trapezoidal, expanding at the top (W.: 31.05mm). The top is creased together, and twisted slightly. The bending is the result of old damage, although the creasing may have resulted from an historic sealing of the vessel. Both suspension loop/handle lugs survive bent although they are bent slightly it is V shaped and angled. The ampulla is decorated bifacially on the lower chamber. On one surface are numero…
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 29th September 2015
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Record ID: WAW-DF0FC6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from the bezel and shoulder of a gem set (intaglio) finger-ring; it is broadly sub-oval shaped in cross section. The break across the bevel of the ring reveals the cross section of the gem (lost) which has a flat base and slightly curved (or dished) sides. From what remains of the setting it is suggested that the shape of the gem or stone was oval in plan. There is no evidence for other material, such as an organic adhesive, in the setting. The metal is a mid grey colour with patches of a tarnished black patina consistent with silver artefacts. Length; 15.8mm, width; 9.05…
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvechurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-789745
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete brooch of Roman date of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 2, Transitiional 2/3, flat wing ends type), cf. Mackreth 2011, 3.Manufacture had moved north to the middle Severn Valley. 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 cylindral wings projecting from either side at the top. The bow is decorated by a central vertical rib, and a small rib at the junction between the bow and the wing caps. Each of the wings has a sub circular wing cap, with a perforation f…
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2011
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2017
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Record ID: WAW-E58B10
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and abraded handaxe of probable Palaeolithic date. In plan the axe is broadly triangular in plan. In cross section the axe has a clear humped shape. The axehead is bi-facially worked although some of the flakes on both the dorsal and ventral faces are invasive with hinge fractures suggesting they are a result of uncontrolled 'natural flaking' through movement in the soil. The dorsal (upper) face of the axe has been worked in many differing directions and controlled flake scars can be seen in many places, there is visible cortex. The ventral (reverse) face has many heavil…
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Upton upon Severn', grid reference and parish protected.