Record ID: SUR-D24694
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and bent cast copper alloy Roman Initial T-shaped brooch, of Colchester derivative hinged pin type (Mackreth (2011) CD H) dating to the late 1st to early 2nd century AD. The wings are cylindrical with moulded lobes around each end and contain remains of an iron axis spindle which has corroded, expanded and broken the wings in places. The centre of the head has a notch for the pin. The bow is convex, with a moulded spine, ridged margins and a triangular lobe at the apex with a small hole at the centre and a lobed collar behind. The bow then tapers back to a round…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-EDC54C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Initial T-shaped brooch, of Colchester derivative hinged pin type (Hull T125; Mackreth (2011) CD H) dating to the late 1st to early 2nd century AD. The wings are cylindrical with incised lines around the tips and contain an axis spindle retaining the pin (27mm in length). The bow is convex, with a moulded spine decorated with incised oblique lines, and has ridged margins. It tapers back to a bend and break. The foot and catchplate are missing. The surface has traces of tinning.
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-864412
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman Nene Valley Colour Coated Ware (NVCCP) pedestal base from a beaker dating to the mid 2nd to 4th century AD. The fabric is hard fired and reduced pale grey with abundant very fine sand inclusions. The exterior has a barbotine slip decoration with a band of dashed lines with foliate tendrils above. Both inner and exterior surfaces have a dark brown slip. The interior surface is otherwise undecorated but has regular striations from the wheel turning process and the base, which is 28.4mm in diameter, has wire marks from removal from a wheel.
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2024
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-B3F897
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman Samian ware wine cup of Dragendorff form 33 and dating to the 1st-2nd century AD. The base and around 40% of the side and rim remains. The rim is 115mm in diameter, The sides flare from a break in angle at the base and have no decoration aside from a single incised band at the mid point. The base ring is 43.3mm in diameter with a recessed interior. The fabric is light pinkish-orange with a reddish-brown slip. The centre of the base on the internal surface has the maker's stamp GIAMILIVS (second image) in a rectangular cartouche.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-B3AC4F
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman pipeclay figurine of Venus, dating to AD 100-250. The figurine is 118.7mm high and depicts the goddess stood completely nude while holding a garment that drapes down beside her left leg, and rests on the base next to the left foot (now missing). The deity is depicted with an elabourate hairstyle, with braids around each side of the head and gathered behind at the nape of the neck; other braids are visible cascading down to the shoulders at the sides and back. The bent elbow of the right arm positions the hand and extended fingers on the hair to the right of the face…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-0DECCD
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy fragment from a late Roman multiple motif armlet, 22.6mm in length. The fragment is flat and decorated on one side with a pair of bosses of three concentric annulets, a pair of transverse ridges, one of which has cable style decoration and then another panel with three or more parallel bands of small dot-in-annulets. Circa 3rd-4th century AD.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-0D9B4E
Object type: MEDICAL IMPLEMENT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
An elongated olivate terminal, 4.2mm in diameter, with a narrow stem of 1.8mm diameter which ends in a break. There are no markings or decoration. Probably from a spatula probe or spathomele dating to the Roman period.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-0FAA7A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy uninscribed Iron Age unit, probably a Gallic unit of the Carnutes, dating to the c.late 1st century BC. Obverse: Female bust right, flower(?) behind? Reverse: Eagle with spread wings, head turned right, a snake(?) to right, unclear motifs in the field. cf. DT 2576 ('classe III a l'aigle et au serpent'); Allen, 1995: nos. 160, S148-151. Delestree and Tache (1992: p. 132, no. 2576) place this type with the coins of the Carnutes and in pre-Augustan period after the end of the Gallic Wars, while Allen (1995: p. 75) regards them as being of the neighbouring …
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-9302E5
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy casting jet or casting gate with four projecting runners, from a mould for a late Bronze Age socketed axehead. The upper surface is rough and slanted and the margins are uneven. There are four short spikes / runners projecting from the convex underside; these have lenticular to sub rectangular cross section and are arranged in a rectangle. The surface of the object is coated with thick iron deposits from prolonged exposure to groundwater or river floodwater. This find is probably associated with the production of socketed axes of South Wales type, which are la…
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-65D51F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold posy / posie / posey ring of 18th century date. The ring has a plain narrow hoop with D shaped cross section 1mm thick and 2.2mm wide. The interior is inscribed "Love and live Happy" in an italicised script. There is a maker's mark of I.W in a rectangular escutcheon. The internal diameter of the ring is around 20mm.
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-BE2952
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy penannular brooch of late Roman to Early-Medieval date, c.AD 350 - 600 and of Booth Type F (Fowlers Type F). The frame is bent open and has a sub rounded cross section, with thin incised decorative transverse banding running around it. The zoomorphic terminals are integrally cast and aligned with their upper surfaces facing outwards from the body of the wearer; each is sub-rectangular with moulded details (second image) including a snout facing forwards with recessed circular eyes and a brow behind. The pin is 67.5mm in length and slight…
Created on: Wednesday 27th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 28th December 2023
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Record ID: SUR-C242FC
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy awl 87.2mm in length with a sub rectangular cross section. One end tapers to a point, the other to a rounded chisel tip. The surface has a deep-green patina with considerable loss, but there is no evident decoration.
Created on: Friday 15th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-5B8717
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post medieval silver cufflink button, 13.6mm in diameter, which is stamped with left facing conjugate busts of a king and queen, probably William III (to the rear) and Queen Mary (in front). The button has a down-turned rim. The reverse has a soldered silver wire loop shank to which is attached a silver wire loop, 13.4mm in length; this demonstrates wear at both ends. The other button has been lost.
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2023
Last updated: Sunday 28th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-0B9EC2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete medieval gem-set silver gilt 'stirrup' finger ring. The hoop is undecorated, with a plano-convex or D-shaped cross section, and although now broken would have had an internal diameter of approximately 17mm when intact. The bezel is pointed and triangular, 4.6mm high, with a  single setting for a (now lost) oval gemstone measuring 3mm in length and 2.2mm wide. The smooth shoulders of the bezel merge into the hoop. There are no marks or inscriptions.
Created on: Friday 24th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-7402FE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Lion bow (léontomorphe) derivative brooch of continental (Gallic) type and later Iron Age or early Roman date (c. AD 25-60). The head is cylindrical, enclosing a copper alloy spring mounted on an iron spindle. The pin is missing. The bow has a decorative zoomorphic moulding in the form of a highly stylised lion, shown crouched and facing towards the foot. This moulding terminates in a flat circular area, which is drilled with a single copper alloy rivet to hold a separate foot plate, probably originally lozenge s…
Created on: Friday 17th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-4B387A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman Denarius of Severina (AD 270-275), probably dating to the period c.AD 275 (Reece Period 13). VENVS FELIX reverse type depicting Venus standing left holding unclear object in right hand and vertical sceptre in left. Mint of Rome. cf. MER-RIC temporary no. 1897 (https://ric.mom.fr/en/coin/1897); BNCMER XII.1, cf. no. 336; RIC V.1, p. 316, no. 6.
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-34B1C8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman cast copper-alloy proto Headstud (south western) type brooch dating to c. AD 90 to 200 (Mackreth (2011), Chapter 4, Part 1, Plate 71, Proto HDST 1.gb). The brooch has narrow cylindrical wings enclosing a spindle for a (now missing) hinged pin. From the front of the head projects a flat, sub rounded lobe which is perpendicular to the line of the bow. The bow is strongly arched and curved in cross section, with a concave reverse and a convex upper surface. The front of the bow has a faint transverse ridged collar to the head, behind which is a…
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th December 2023
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Record ID: SUR-1EC535
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy anepigraphic nummus of the House of Constantine, probably Constantine II (AD 317-340), dating to the period c.AD 326 (Reece Period 16). CONSTAN/TINVS/CAESAR reverse type depicting the legend over three lines. Mint of Trier. RIC VII, p. 210, no. 489. 
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-A48208
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman enamelled Trumpet brooch (c. AD 100-250.  cf. Mackreth (2011), TR 1.2b4, p. 83, pl. 80. The head is oval with a pointed stump of a now lost attachment loop and enamel inlay decoration in the form of a circular motif comprised  two opposing C-shaped forms in blue enamel with triangular recesses around the sides which may also have once held enamel. There is a single round loop at the centre of the underside of the head to hold the spring and pin, now lost. The bow is narrow with a sub rounded cross section and curves sh…
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-E4BBB3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Iron Age bow brooch of La Tene I type, 39.5mm in length and dating to the 4th - 3rd century B.C. The integrally cast spring and pin is missing, as is the projecting terminal at the foot. The bow is flat, lenticular in shape with a slightly plano convex cross section 1.8mm thick and decorated with a pair of grooves along the spine. These grooves taper to each end of the bow where there are sharply angled junctions with the head and foot; the latter has a stump of a catchplate running along the underside.
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
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