Record ID: PUBLIC-66A3C3
Object type: COSMETIC PESTLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Iron Age to Roman cast copper alloy cosmetic pestle. It would have been used to grind substances to powder or paste in a mortar or mortarium. The pestle is complete but corroded, it consists of a slightly curved shank connected at a slight angle to the grinding loop. Dates to between c1 and c200 AD. There are similar examples on the database but the following share similarities - IOW-9858D1, BH-7DBFB3, HAMP3683, SWYOR-F969C4, LIN-76D9A6, and LVPL-CD5046.
Created on: Wednesday 27th November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 26th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Canterbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6477D8
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete pair of hand made copper-alloy tweezers, probably of Roman dating (AD 43 to AD 410) but possibly Medieval dating (AD 1000 to AD 1500). The tweezers are formed from one strip of copper alloy, with a loop at the top and rectangular blade ends. Both ends are complete. The tweezers are decorated with a line of punched dots around the outer edge of both blades. Similar examples can be seen in the database: WMID-8F1B75 and WILT-AF0272. As tweezers are a functional item, their form has remained relatively consistent from the Roman period through to the Medieval.
Created on: Wednesday 27th November 2013
Last updated: Friday 20th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Canterbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-5D0542
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy sestertius of Marcus Aurelius as Augustus (AD 161-80), dating to AD 173-4 (Reece Period 8), IMP VI COS III S C, Jupiter seated left hodling Victory and sceptre. Mint of Rome. RIC III, p. 300, no. 1096.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd October 2012
Last updated: Monday 27th March 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-219A77
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper alloy Cruciform Long Brooch dating to the sixth century. The headplate is 25.2mm wide and 16.4mm high; it is rectangular and divided into three smaller rectangular panels with the central one raised from the flanking panels. There are three protruding knops cast integrally to the headplate; one on either side of the plate and one in the center on top. These knops are pointed and have docorated parallel grooves. The bow ( 18.2mm long, 6.6mm wide) is faceted, arched and broken at the base. A pin lug is located in the centre of the reverse and …
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2011
Last updated: Thursday 5th January 2012
Spatial data recorded.