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Record ID: PUBLIC-87DCC7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin Tetricus I In Gaul (AD 271-4) radiate; uncertain mint and reverse type 1.10g, corroded
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th September 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-74C930
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy vessel escutcheon, probably second or third century AD The escutcheon is complete and comprises a robust attachment plate and integral loop (with an overall length of 66.0mm, a depth of 24.0mm and a weight of 107.2g). The leaf-shaped plate (47.6mm long, 48.6mm wide and 11.1mm thick) has five projecting points the top two of which, have flattened tops to depict a vine leaf. The top edge is concave and rounded while the other four sides are angular and two projecting points. The face is convex with no surviving applied decoration and the rear of the plate is slightl…
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 15th May 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-490AF6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver denarius (broken half) of Nero (AD 54-68), dating to AD 65-67 (Reece Period 3), SALVS, Salus seated left holding patera. Mint of Rome. RIC I, pp. 153-4, nos. 60 / 67. 1.53g,
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-47C8D5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill sub-group (Mackreth 2011, Part 5, Group 1.b1, enamelled panel on upper bow, and on tapering lower bow, flat wing ends type).150-250 AD date. The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin (with a length of 48.6mm, a depth of 14.6mm and a weight of 8.3g). The spring remains in place, wound around a copper alloy axis bar and secured between perforated end lugs and the missing chord was tensioned through a lug or crest at the head (Polden Hill lug type arrangement). The ends of the wings are circular and elliptical and…
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-475844
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy cable bracelet with three twisted copper alloy wires. The wires are wound tightly without any space and are of sub-triangular section (2.8mm wide and 1.9mm thick), producing a bracelet is of oval section (with a maximum width and thickness of 5.3mm x 5.2mm at the centre and 4.1mm wide and 2.8mm thick at the terminals). The terminals are simple and undecorated with the strands feathered (and a gap of 8mm). One of the strands has broken at the mid section. The surface has a dark-brown patina and has been recently treated. The bracelet is complete and is comparatively …
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0D3C71
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wokingham
Workflow stage: Published
Roman base silver coin Cast counterfeit denarius in base metal of Elagabalus (AD 218-22) (Reece Period 10), Reverse: FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna seated left. This type was struck at Rome (RIC IV, pt 2, p. 34, no. 81) and Antioch (p. 43, no. 189). Without an image, a prototype mint cannot be ascertained (Sam Moorhead, 24 9 2016). 2.80g
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2011
Last updated: Saturday 24th September 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0CB606
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bracelet fragment, possibly of Roman The bracelet is fragmentary, represented by less than half (with a surviving length of 63.3mm and a weight of 14.5g) and is broken at both ends. The bracelet is of cable type, constructed with three intertwined copper alloy wires. The wires are wound tightly without any space and are of sub-rectangular section (3.9mm wide and 3.1mm thick), producing a bracelet is of rounded D-shaped section (7.8mm wide x 5.9mm thick at one end and 6.7mm wide and 5.1mm thick at the other). The surface has a dark-brown patina and has been recently tre…
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-752158
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman Republic silver denarius of the moneyer Mn. Acilius III Vir. Mint of Rome, 49 BC. Obverse.: SALVTIS; Laureate head of Salus right Rev.: MN ACILIVS, III VIR VALETV; Valetudo standing left, holding snake and resting left arm on a column 3.41g RRC p. 461, no. 442/1
Created on: Friday 26th August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 14th March 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-751557
Object type: BELL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bell fragment or looped mount, possibly of Roman date The object is fragmentary (with a length of 23.3mm and a weight of 8.6g). At the apex is an itegral suspension loop (11.4mm high and 14.0mm wide) with an oval aperture (6.2mm x 5.1mm). The loop is of hexagonally faceted section (4.5mm wide and 5.6mm thick). The top of the object is domed and was possibly slightly oval, although little survives (With a surviving length of 25.2mm, a surviving width of 23.4mmand a thickness of 1.9mm). Around the base of the fragments is raised rib. The surface is heavily-pitted and wher…
Created on: Friday 26th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-74F0A7
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fitting of uncertain purpose and probably of Roman date The fitting is fragmentary, broken one end (with a surviving length of 35.8mm and a weight of 11.4g) and comprises a loop at one end (with a depth of 11.2mm, and a thickness of 7.8mm) with a central circular perforation, now filled with iron corrosion(with an internal diameter of 3mm). At the end of the loop is groove, before an arm of sub-rectangular section. The mid-part of the arm has a decorative rib (7.4mm wide). The fitting has broken through another terminal loop, which also has iron corrosion in the centra…
Created on: Friday 26th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-749A73
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy vessel foot, probably of 1st to 2nd century AD date The foot is complete but corroded (with a length of 53.8mm, a width of 14.8mm and a weight of 23.2g) and is of pelta shape, with protruding knops near the ends. The foot is of sub-rectangular section (8.2mm thick). The circumference arc of the outside edge would suggest that the vessel had a radius at the base of 45mm. The foot is enhanced on one side with an incised border next to the edge and the face has a groove at the centre of each of the ends. The vessel foot has a dark green surface patina, where it surv…
Created on: Friday 26th August 2011
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-644CF1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin, a corroded as or dupondius of the late 1st or 2nd century, probably of Trajan (AD 98-117) (Reece Period 5). Reverse indecipherable. Probably Mint of Rome. 8.32g, corroded
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D18A01
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of decorative copper alloy plate, probably a fragment of a Roman plate brooch, probably of 2nd century AD date The brooch is represented by a sub-triangular fragment of the edge to near the centre (with a surviving length of 13.5mm, a surviving width of 12.1mm, a thickness of 1.6mm and a weight of 0.8g). The outside edge is circular (suggesting an original diameter of approximately 40mm) and the interior appears to have had three concentric raised borders. The peripheral border forms a narrow outer channel, which was enhanced on both sides with notches. An inner ring contai…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CFAE53
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Polden Hill brooch of flat wing ends type and dated from AD 80-120. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 29.1mm, a surviving depth of 9.1mm and a weight of 3.5g). The missing spring was secured between lateral lugs and the chord was tensioned by a lug at the head. A broken fragment of the copper alloy chord remains within the lug and has broken comparatively recently. The wings are complete (with a width of 15.0mm), and are without discernible decoration. The bow is circular sectioned (with a diameter o…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CF85D3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.e, flat wing ends type) and dated AD 80-120. The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring, catch and foot (with a surviving length of 59.1mm, a depth of 15.3mm and a weight of 8.1g). The missing spring was secured between lateral lugs with the chord tensioned by a lug on the head. The semi-cylindrical wings are near-complete (with a width of 18.7mm) and were decorated with a double incised line near the ends. The lug at the head is positioned below the top of the bow. The bow is comp…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CF7051
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy vessel lid from a jug, probably of 1st century AD date The jug is represented by the lid, which is heavily-corroded with extensive peripheral corrosion (with a surviving length of 36.6mm, a surviving width of 30.2mm and a weight of 12.9g). The lid was likely to have been of rounded trefoil form and is slightly convex across its length. The lid appears the gradually thickened to its midpoint (with a maximum thickness of 4.3mm). The start of the looped lug for the hinge is evident (with a surviving depth of 6.8mm). At the centre is a damaged sub-triangular projection…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CF4B15
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy harness junction loop, probably of late 1st or early 2nd century AD date The harness fitting is fragmentary and has broken near the start of the loop and across the attachment plate (with a surviving length of 29.5mm, a width of 11.5mm and a weight of 4.3g). The loop fragment is of D-shaped section and the sides are eroded (with a maximum width of 8.7mm and on overall surviving depth of 9.3mm). Beneath the loop, the mount narrows (to 8.0mm), before widening at a rounded a rib. Beneath the rib, there is the suggestion of a circular panel and the mount may have brok…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CEF6D8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands, Mackreth 2011, 4.h) and of 1st or 2nd century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow (with a surviving length of 30.3mm, a surviving depth of 12.0mm and a weight of 6.9g). The missing spring mechanism was secured between lateral lugs at the end of comparatively short wings, one of which has been lost (with a surviving width of 19.2mm). Any decoration on the wings has been lost. The rear of the head is hollow and contains casting debris. A stub a…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CEBCF7
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bracelet The bracelet is fragmentary (with a surviving length of 32.1mm and a weight of 1.6g) and is out-turned at one end, probably suggesting a damaged terminal hook. The hoop is of rectangular section (1.6mm thick) with straight sides, which converge slightly towards the hooked end (with a maximum width of 5.4mm and a minimum width of 4.6mm). The bracelet is decorated with diagonal rows of punched dots, arranged around incised facets on the sides. The surface has a dark brown patina.
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4F2A65
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin Irregular nummus copying Constantinopolis type, AD340's Constantinopolis/ Victory on prow 9mm diameter 0.36g
Created on: Friday 12th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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