Record ID: WILT-3B2FDB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman denarius of Carausius dating to the period AD 286-293 (Reece Period 14), EXPECTATE VENI reverse type depicting Britannia standing right, holding standard, clasping hands with emperor standing left holding sceptre. Mintmark: -//RSR; commonly attributed to London, but to be studied further. RIC V, p. 510, no. 555. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Monday 11th July 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spaxton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-EE3EB2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete medieval (AD 1100-1200) copper alloy zoomorphic gaping mouth beast buckle frame of extraordinary form, missing the lower section of the frame, its pin and plate. It measures 31.75mm in length, 22.3mm wide, 18.25mm in height and weighs 18.98 grams. The pin bar is slightly offset and narrowed and narrows in the centre to hold the pin which is now missing. The pin bar is circular in cross section. The sides, which are solid apart from a circular perforation located just by the open mouth expand into an outside edge consisting of a huge, hollow animal head. It has a broadly…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-71FCB7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead. The fragment is irregular in plan. A loop is visible on one face, below is a vertical ridge. Late Bronze Age socketed axeheads are c.1100 BC to c.800 BC in date. The fragment is 43.9mm in length, 25.9mm wide, 2.7mm thick and weighs 9.77 grams
Created on: Tuesday 11th June 2013
Last updated: Monday 13th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-61E093
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman (AD 50-150) copper alloy T-shaped brooch of large, south-western ttype, with hinge mechanism. It is missing the lower bow and catchplate and the pin. It measures 44.65mm in incomplete length and weighs 14.48grams. The 30.95mm wide wings are tubular (c.5.7mm diameter) with a large recessed pin slot on the reverse. To the front the bow extends from the top of the wings (13.6mm wide), and above projects the 9.3mm wide plate head, which is in the form of a moulded step. Extending above this is a bent chain loop, 9.35mm in diameter. The bow is decorated with a vertica…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2013
Last updated: Friday 10th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norton St Philip', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-FA76C1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Constantine I dating to AD 329 (Reece Period 16), 'VIRTVS AVGG reverse type depicting camp gate with four turrets. Mint of Arles. RIC Vol VII, p. 269, no. 331p.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Last updated: Friday 4th December 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-5818F5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Constantine I dating to the period AD 313-314 (Reece period 15), 'SOLI INVICTO COMITI' Sol standing left holding globe reverse, London mint. RIC VI, p. 140, no. 279.
Created on: Saturday 22nd December 2012
Last updated: Friday 15th January 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-D57660
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy Late Iron Age to Roman strip brooch. The pin, part of the head, the foot and catch plate are missing. The majority of the head is missing, one incomplete wing survives. The head continues seamlessly into the bow. The bow consists of a strip of metal, tapering slightly towards the break before the foot. The front of the bow is decorated with parallel incised grooves running down the front with fine pellet decoration. There is a central vertical ridge which runs down the length of the bow. At the end is an old break which has removed the bottom of the foot, The …
Created on: Tuesday 19th April 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 30th June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Cheddar', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8396B3
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy spoon dating to the second or third centuries AD. The fragment comprises the pear-shaped bowl and a short length of the offset handle. The bowl is pear shaped in form, making it a Type 2 spoon in Crummy's (1983, 69) classification. It is plain with some abrasions to the rim and some accretions and losses of patina as a result of corrosion. At the narrow end are the vestiges of the junction with the handle, triangular in cross-section. Length: 36.9mm, Width 24.45mm, Thickness 3.9mm, Weight: 8.33g
Created on: Friday 15th April 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Cheddar', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7FEA06
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete long nail cleaner from a toilet set probably of Roman date. The object consists of a long, flat strip of metal with a 'V' shape cut into one end. The artefact is incomplete due to an old break, there is a central V shaped vertical incision running down the length of the surviving object. Length: 22.80mm, Width: 6.0mm, Thickness: 1.35mm Weight: 0.86grams
Created on: Friday 15th April 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Cheddar', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-5B69A2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An extremely worn and corroded copper-alloy 3rd-century Roman radiate of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), unclear reverse and mint. This coin has been considered for Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Friday 1st April 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton', grid reference and parish protected.