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Record ID: SOMDOR-A2FFA3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy plate brooch, probably of Roman date. In its current state the object measures 36.2mm by 29.4mm by 5.6mm and weighs 14.8g. The oval openwork design consists of thirteen celtic trumpet motifs, ten around the outside (each alternating in orientation) and three in a triskele pattern in the centre. The central trumpets are slightly larger than those around the edge. Three and a half of the outer trumpets are missing. The back of the brooch is flat and undecorated, with a curving catchpiece at one end and the stubby remains of the hinge which would have held the pin at t…
Created on: Friday 27th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Braintree', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOMDOR-699AD4
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age ‘Horn Cap’. This is an enigmatic type of object as no one is clear what they were made for. Horn Caps, however, were almost certainly not made to fit on the end of the axle of an Iron Age chariot.
There are probably only about 20 or so Horn Caps in Museums or private collections. They have only been found in Britain, and have never been found in other parts of Europe. Horn Caps were made in the Middle and Late Iron Age (c.300 BC to AD 43), Several have been found with other Iron Age objects, and 4 other Horn Caps have decoration on their top surfaces.…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Braintree area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOMDOR-9F8F80
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Sestertius of Julia Domna issued under Caracalla (AD 211-17), MAT AVGG MAT SEN M PATR, Rome, AD 211-12.
RIC IV, 588
Created on: Saturday 23rd April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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