Record ID: ASHM-DD2623
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A very worn Roman copper-alloy coin, probably a sestertius (from its weight) of Domitian (81-96). The reverse is completely worn, the obverse showing a right-facing bust. No inscription survives, and the mint is uncertain. Reece period 4 (Flavian). The obverse and reverse both exhibit round drill marks as if attempts were made to pierce the coin, although in neither case is a hole present. There are also three straight incised lines on the reverse on the coin, opposite the drill mark. These are angled in such a manner that they may intersect at the same point.  The wei…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2017
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Childrey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ASHM-5E6087
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy axe blade tip probably of mid-late Bronze Age date, c.1500-800 BC. The fragment is too small to define a type.
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Childrey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ASHM-86E87D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy radiate of Divus Claudius II Gothicus (AD 268-270; posthumous issue), dating to the period AD 275-85, probably a contemporary copy. Reverse type CONSECRATIO with eagle. Reece period 14. Unknown mint. RIC V 266. There is some damage to the edge of the coin.
Created on: Wednesday 26th July 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Childrey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ASHM-7B0469
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crude Roman radiate of Divus Claudius II Gothicus (AD 268-270; posthumous issue), dating to the period AD 275-85, possibly a contemporary copy. Reverse type CONSECRATIO with altar. Reece period 14. Cf Normanby 1110.
Created on: Monday 19th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Childrey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ASHM-0A03C3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy radiate of Divus Claudius II Gothicus (AD 268-70) dating to the period c.AD 275-285 (Reece period 14), probably a contemporary copy. CONSECRATIO reverse type depicting an Altar. Reece period 14.
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2022
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Record ID: ASHM-D9A46E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lightly clipped silver Roman siliqua of Magnus Maximus (AD 383-388), dating to the period AD 383-388. Reece Period 20. VIRTUS RO-MANORUM reverse type, minted in Trier. RIC IX 84b.
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 19th October 2022
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Record ID: ASHM-C7B5F9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman dupondius of Trajan (AD 98-117), dating to the period c.AD 103-111 (Reece Period 5). S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C, reverse type depicting Roma standing left holding Victory and vertical spear. Mint of Rome. RIC II, p. 279, no. 484.
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Childrey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ASHM-4E5F4F
Object type: TOILET ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman surgical or toilet instrument ('spoon probe') dating from c. AD 100-300. The implement has an elongated spoon-like terminal with a ridge running along its length on the reverse. The terminal narrows to the shaft which has double collars either side of a bulbous swelling. The shaft is broken and missing. Crummy (Crummy, N 1983 Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman Small Finds from Excavations in Colchester 1971-9, Colchester Archaeological Trust) describes implements such as this as 'spoon-probes' and states that they are not a common site …
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 19th May 2022
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Record ID: ASHM-FF68FE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A base silver Roman radiate of Gallienus (AD 260-268), sole reign, dating to the period c.AD 260-268 (Reece Period 13). LEG I ADI VI P VI F reverse type depicting a Capricorn right. Mint of Milan. As Cunetio p. 122, no. 1439; RIC V.1 no. 315. Cf British Museum 1999,1201.2; Gobl, 2000: no. 982o.
Created on: Monday 19th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 4th February 2022
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Record ID: ASHM-4A7DEC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy buckle of late Roman date c. AD 350 - 430. (See Hawkes & Dunning 1961 Type IB) The object has a curved bar with two outwards facing horses' heads. These are C shaped with curved necks, sub triangular heads and small rounded projections for ears with detail picked out by incised decoration. There is also incised linear decoration on the curved bar. When complete, the buckle would have had a D-shaped buckle frame. Buckles of this form were considered by Hawkes and Dunning (1961) as associated with the later Roman military however such buckles may have influenc…
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
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Record ID: ASHM-4A628E
Object type: SEAL BOX
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper Roman alloy seal box dating from late 1st to the mid 3rd Century AD. The seal box is circular in plan and is missing its lid, which was often enamelled. The box has four circular holes in the base and the remains of two lugs which formed the hinge mechanism and opposite, the hole for the latch to keep the box closed. The box is undecorated. Seal boxes are believed to have served to protect the (often impressed) lump of wax which held together the bindings of a packet or writing tablet. Crummy (1983:103) suggests that they were probably used in the 2nd and 3rd…
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
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Record ID: ASHM-49C5D1
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy pole-mounted skirted terret ring of Roman date. The terret has a conical hollow skirt as its base into which the pole would have been inserted. On either side of the skirt are two projections, possibly intended to be animal (bull?) horns. At the peak of the skirt is the remains of the rein loop which is rectangular in cross section narrowing in thickness as it progresses around the loop. There is no decoration. Several similar terrets have been recorded on the PAS database including: NARC-40B3F3, NMS-D52921, LVPL-DC2465,and GLO-75EAD6. These terret…
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
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Record ID: ASHM-4A4E1E
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete late Roman copper alloy 'amphora' strap end, probably dating to c. AD 300-409. So-called because of its shape, the strap end is broadly piriform in plan, tapering to a point with a collared acorn style terminal knop at the foot. At the 'top' of the amphora are two oval apertures representing the handles and expanding neck with horizontal aperture to form the rim and top of the jug. The strap end is decorated with rocker-arm incisions along each edge and a line of punched dots or short linear incisions to the inside of the border. In the centre is a singular large ring and d…
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
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Record ID: ASHM-4A57AF
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy spoon handle of Roman date, AD 100 -150. The fragment consists of a handle of circular cross-section and the C shaped offset or dogleg linking it to the now missing pear-shaped bowl. There are two notches above the offset, which is rectangular in cross-section. The handle tapers to a point away from the bowl end but the terminal is now broken and missing. There is no decoration. A similar spoon is illustrated in Crummy (1983, 70) as well as other more complete examples are also recorded on the PAS database e.g. BERK-86D87B.
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
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Record ID: ASHM-4A71FE
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, possible Roman iron knife, with integral tang. The knife has a straight back (some damage above the tang/blade junction) and the blade (also damaged) is slightly convex, rising to the now-missing tip. Similar examples have been recorded at Hod Hill, Dorset, and are dated to the mid-first century AD however the style would have had a long life span (Manning 1982:114). Other examples have been found at Silchester and London. Manning (1982:114) Type 11a. NEEDS DIMENSIONS
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
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Record ID: ASHM-4AB0B2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete late Roman copper alloy strap end, c. AD 350-409. The strap end has two incomplete lozenge-shaped plates separated by a transverse neck with rectangular projections. No decoration is evident. There appears to be a rivet thought on of the plate - presumably to aid attachment to a strap, or possibly a repair. The strap end fits into a class of object associated with a late Roman date, often with military connections.
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
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Record ID: ASHM-4ABA41
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy strap end of late Roman date (c. AD 350-409). The strap end is somewhere between a heart-shaped and amphora strap end, with rounded, almost bifurcated lower end reminiscent of nail clear / strap ends. The strap end has incised decoration. Down the centre of the object is a repeating crescentic motifs either side of a vertical line, which divides the decoration into two panels. Each panel has similar decoration consisting of ring-and-dot motifs, singular and double, connecting by crudely incised lines to form running spirals. Either side of the running s…
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
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Record ID: ASHM-4AC29F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete copper alloy buckle of late Roman date c. AD 350 - 430. (See Hawkes & Dunning 1961 Type IB). The buckle has a D-shaped frame with two outwards facing horses' heads on the curved of the frame. The horses' heads are broadly C-shaped with curved necks, sub triangular heads and small rounded projections for ears with detail picked out by incised decoration. There is damage to the strap bar and the pin is missing. Buckles of this form were considered by Hawkes and Dunning (1961) as associated with the later Roman military however such buckles may have influenced this style …
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
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Record ID: ASHM-73E28A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Maximinus II Daia (AD 305-313), dating to the period c.AD 310-313 (Reece period 15). GENIO POP ROM reverse type depicting Genius standing left holding patera and cornucopiae. Mint of Trier. RIC VI, p. 226, no. 845a.
Created on: Monday 30th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th July 2021
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Record ID: ASHM-84962E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A base-metal radiate of Probus (AD 276-282), dating to c. AD 282 (Reece Period 14), PAX AVG. Pax standing left, holding branch and transverse sceptre. Mint of Lyon, Eighth Series. RIC V, pt 2 - ; Gloucester Hoard (CHRB XIII), p. 68, no. 965 (one specimen); Bastien, Le monnayage de l'atelier to Lyon, AD 274-85, no. 369.
Created on: Monday 7th August 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 6th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Childrey', grid reference and parish protected.