Record ID: SUSS-7FFF06
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy brooch probably a Colchester one-piece  type, c. AD 20-70. The brooch is heavily worn, consisting of the bow and partial head, as well as the remnants of the catchplate. The bow is flat at the head where it is slightly waisted before expanding slightly to worn breaks. At the back of the head is a small cusp ending in worn breaks, probably the base of the missing forward facing hook and lower loop. The body of the bow is flatter near the nead and thickens to a broadly D-shaped cross section as it narrows t…
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-EB2261
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Late Iron Age/Early Roman Nauheim type brooch dating between 50 BC - AD 50. The brooch is cast in one piece; the spring being intact, with a partially surviving pin. The spring extends from the bow plate in four coils, the internal chord looping underneath the bow and extending into the pin, of which approximately half survives, ending in a worn break. The bow is composed of a flat triangular plate that narrows to an elongated foot, ending in a worn break. The upper surface of the bow is decorated with two incised…
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-E8A3A9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy hinged double lugged trumpet brooch, dating between AD 80-200. The head of the brooch is ovate, with two integral pierced semi circular lugs on the reverse to accommodate an axis bar. Between both pierced lugs sits an intact copper alloy spring of four coils with a semi-circular loop set behind the spring, hanging toward the foot. The coils are covered in iron corrosion suggesting the axis bar may be iron. One coil extends into an incomplete circular-sectioned pin which tapers towards a worn break near the catchp…
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-72A395
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy enamelled Polden Hill type brooch of Mackreth (2011) type CD H/PH 2.a2 dating c. AD 75-175.  The brooch is missing the pin and lower bow. The wings have a circular cross-section and one end is missing to an oblique break. They are divided on the reverse by the vertical central slot to accommodate the pin. The flat pierced attachment plate survives within the slot, but the pin is missing to a worn break. The front of the wings are plain and undecorated. The bow projects from the head of the brooch at a width of 9.65mm …
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-7155AE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy enamelled 'headstud' brooch of Mackreth Headstud type 1 dating c. AD 75-200.  The brooch is almost complete with the pin missing. The wings have a circular section with two longitudinal grooves on the reverse divided by the vertical central slot to accommodate the missing pin. The iron axis bar survives with corrosion at each end and within the slot. The front of the wings are plain and undecorated. The bow projects from the head of the brooch at a width of 9.88mm with a complete projecting head loop (external diameter: 8.52mm);&…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-CB8D62
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early Medieval gilded cast copper alloy 'spiral' saucer brooch dating c. AD 430-550. The only one fifth of the plate survives with worn breaks on all edges.  The upturned rim is missing with worn breaks and the upper surface is decorated in moulded relief with two surviving running spirals set around a central raised circular boss; possibly with boundary ring. The decorative field is confined within a single raised linear circumferential border inset from the broken plate edge. The reverse is plain with the vestigial rem…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-CB8206
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper alloy 'astragal' cast saucer brooch dating c. AD 450-570. Most of the circular plate and only approximately only one fifth of the rim survives. The brooch has been cast in one piece with a plain undecorated, upturned rim. The centre of the plate is decorated in moulded high relief with two concentric annular borders of trapezoidal panels enclosing a central boss with simple incised plain cross. The boss is enclosed within two raised annulets. The adjacent decorated border is comprised of nine trapezoidal radial wedges separated by …
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-CB2699
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval gilded copper alloy fragment of an unidentified object probably a lappet from an Florid Cruciform (Anglo-Saxon) brooch dating c. AD 480-570. The fragment comprises a worn flat sub-oval plate, one edge is rounded and the other has projecting lobes. The upper surface is decorated with chip carved Salin style I zoomorphic decoration with a scroll and eliptical eye, possibly representing an eagles head. Traces of gilding survive in the recesses. The reverse is plain and undecorated.  Measurements: Length: 18.98mm; width: 13.26mm; thickness …
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-4D211E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman Colchester derivative Polden Hill brooch dating c. AD 43-120. At the head of the brooch are a pair of short hemispherial wings with pierced endcaps to accommodate the missing axis bar and pin. The wings are bent and almost complete, with half an endcap missing with a transverse, worn break. The bow has a D-shaped cross-section (2.90mm thick) and tapers in a shallow arch to a point at the foot. At the head of the bow is an integral loop for the chord set on the same axis as the bow. The bow is decorated in moulded relief with …
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-E2A7DC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy brooch, Colchester Derivative Harlow type with double pierced lug dating between 50-80 AD The brooch is cast in two pieces, consisting of the head, bow and catchplate as well as a partially intact in situ copper alloy spring. The head consists of two uncapped, undecorated semi cylindrical wings with a centrally placed vertical double perforated lug on the interior side. The upper perforation contains the bent external chord which terminates in the incomplete coiled spring, with three loops surviving on one side and one and a half at the …
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-214243
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy hinged double lugged trumpet brooch, dating between AD 75-175. The brooch consists of the head and partial bow, with the foot lost to a worn break. The spring and pin are also missing. The head of the brooch is ovate, with two integral pierced lugs on the reverse, to accommodate a spring bar. Both pierced lugs are filled with iron corrosion. At the apex of the ovate head extends a broadly trapezoidal plate surmounted by a circular suspension loop, with a slightly off-centre perforation. The bow is broadly D-shaped in cross section with a slightly …
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-245928
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early medieval copper alloy disc brooch dating between AD 450-550 The brooch plate is flat and circular with a decorated upper surface featuring a slightly off-centre concentric design of four annular recesses and a central circular indentation. The outermost and innermost recesses are the narrowest; c. 0.5mm wide;  with the other two measuring 0.8mm and 0.6 wide; narrower nearer the centre. The flat raised borders between measure from rim to centre: c. 2.4mm; 1.0mm: 3.5mm; 1.0mm and 0.8mm wide respectively.The reverse fa…
Created on: Thursday 25th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-FA50D0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Late Iron Age/Early Roman Nauheim derivative brooch of Lowbury type dating between AD 10-100. The brooch is cast in one piece; the pin and a short section of the spring are missing. Three coils of the spring survive which extends from the bow plate, the internal chord looping underneath the bow and ending in a worn break before the final fourth loop from which the pin would have extended. The bow is composed of a flat trapezoidal plate that angles to 45° at the lower edge extending to a narrowed elongated foot…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-F8869C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast copper alloy Hod hill type brooch dating between AD 43-70 The brooch consists of the head, bow and foot as well as catch-plate. The axis bar and pin are missing. The head is hinged, formed of an integral rectangular flat sheet that has been rolled forward to form a cylinder that would have contained the axis bar, with a rectangular central slot to accommodate the missing pin. The sheet narrows below the hinge into a small waisted section that widens again to join the upper bow. The upper bow is composed of a triangular plate with two r…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-6A5406
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy and white metal coated hinged and enamelled bow brooch (Mackreth 2011: HOD HILL type 9) dating c. AD 43-85. The head of the brooch is hinged and appears to have been formed from an integral rectangular flat sheet extending from the bow which has been curved over towards the front to form a cylinder. It has a central vertical slot from which the flattened attachment loop of the now missing pin projects terminating in a worn stub. The tubular head also contains the axis bar which projects slightly from each en…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-6C0A65
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval Anglo-Saxon cast copper alloy small-long brooch dating between AD 450-550.  The cast brooch is almost complete only missing the iron pin and lower foot plate. It is composed of a rectangular, plain and undecorated headplate (20.70mm long and 14.85mm wide), which is integral to the strongly arched and short bow (21.40mm long and 7.28mm - 5.28mm wide) . At the head of the bow where it is connected to the headplate is a small stepped terminal that is rectangular in cross-section. Below is a moulding on each si…
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-575B9C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and incomplete Roman copper-alloy T-shaped brooch dating to c. AD 75-150. The lower half of the bow has been lost, only the upper bow and most of the wings survive. The wings are incomplete and cylindrical, c. 6.0 mm in diameter, with no evidence of decoration. The upper section and terminal end of one wing is missing with worn breaks. The bow is humped with a D-shaped cross-section and terminates after 9mm in a worn break such that nothing remains of the main body of the bow, the foot or catchplate. There are faint traces of a possi…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-87508F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Medieval cast copper alloy small-long brooch dating c. AD 450-550. Only the rectangular head plate and bow survives; the foot, pin and catchplate are missing. The headplate is incomplete with worn breaks on all edges and is decorated with irregular rows of ring and dot motifs with five surviving. Three single ring and dot motifs run along the lower edge nearest the bow (3.4mm diameter) and two larger double ring and dot motifs survive above; (5.9mm diameter).  The bow is arched, and sub-triangular in section terminating in a …
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-F43B32
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a small Roman gilded copper-alloy circular plate brooch (Mackreth Type Plate 3.b5), dating to c AD 200-300. The fragment comprises the central domed boss surround by five radiating spokes in high relief and a section of the raise rim between two spokes. Gilding survives in the recess between two of them. On the reverse is one D-shaped pierced lug containing iron remains. The object is very worn.  The fragment measures 16.19mm long, 11.03mm wide, 5.66mm thick on the body. 6.73mm thick thick at hinge. It weighs 1.75g. Mackreth (201…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-F4012A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy late Iron  Age to Roman Rosette type brooch Mackreth (2011) Type ROS 4.b dating c. AD 20 - 60. The brooch is bent, worn and abraded. Part of the head, bow and lozenge plate survive with the pin and catchplate missing. The sheet metal spring casing at the head is folded into a cylinder to encase the separately cast spring and pin. Part of the back is missing exposing the coiled spring, revealing seven turns and the worn broken stub of the pin. The curved sheet metal bow is rectangular in plan with a worn moulded decoration on its upper fac…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
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