Record ID: WAW-1DBFC0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman horse brooch. The brooch is in the shape of a stylised horse with Romano-British styled decoration in the form of blocks of enamel, but has a realistic shaped head, if slightly simplified. The head has a circular cell representing an eye. There is a moulded mane, but with no fine detail of the hair, instead there is a slender cell which was originally filled with enamel, and is further decorated with fine obliquely angled ridges along on the upper edge of the cell. The front legs of the horse are short and wide at he top, and quickly taper to blunt…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-DCC4C0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy pin. The head and a fragment of the shank remains. It is in a fair condition. The shank is circular in section, and gradually tapers, almost to a point, but the tip appears to be missing, but this is not a break. The upper portion of the shank is decorated with a transverse fine groove. The pin head is circular in section, is bulbous with a slightly flattened head. The head measures 5.86mm diameter, and the pin is 21.22mm long. It weighs 1.2g. The surface of the pin has a well developed dark green patina. The pin is possibly a Roman pin, probably a h…
Created on: Friday 18th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMS-3EBDB2
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British head of hairpin, convex/conical, very worn and corroded with pointed stump of missing shank. Diameter 10mm.
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whissonsett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-EB45B2
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy pin. The pin is incomplete, the head and a portion of the shank remain, otherwise it is a fair condition. The shank is circular in section, and gradually tapers to a broken tip. The break is not too recent. The pin head is circular in section, with a pointed upper surface. The body is expanded and has cross-hatching on the sides. The cross-hatching is bordered at either end by a transverse groove. The head measures 4.29mm diameter, and the object is 40.19mm long. It weighs 1.81g. The surface of the pin has a well developed mid green patina. The object is a cast c…
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMS-7B3624
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British hair pin, (as Cool 1990, fig.6, no.3) head with two flattened hemispheres separated by cordons and a spool. Diameter 8mm at head, length 62mm. Cf. Cool’s ‘Multiple Hemisphere’ Group 8. Late-1st-2nd AD.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-FC0576
Object type: ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Carved architectural element / corbel carved as a stone head of probable medieval date (1200 - 1550). The stone head is carved from a block of light yellow - cream coloured limestone or possibly a very fine grained sandstone. A small area has an orange coloured iron staining probably due to the nature of the burial environment. There are also a number of brown coloured areas of mortar adhering to the face of the carving. The stone head has been reused, but was at one point buried. It is currently mortared over a doorway of a brick barn, probably built in the 1850’s to the model farm …
Created on: Monday 25th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMS-8C96B0
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British hair pin, (as Cool 1990, fig.5, no.8) button-shaped knob head and three grooves cut into the top of the bent shank. Diameter 7mm at head, 4mm at shank, length >57mm. Cf. Cool’s ‘Button Head’ Group 8. Second half of 1st-2nd AD.
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caistor St Edmuund', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-D73BC1
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Early-Medieval copper alloy pin with bent shaft and polyhedral head - a cube with the corners cut off. It measures 57.8mm in (bent) length and weighs 3.20g. The head measures 6.4x6.3x6.4mm and is flanked by a squarish collar 1.5mm thick. Below this the circular-sectioned shank extends 2.9mm in diameter, tapering over a (bent) 49mm to a 0.8mm diameter point. The shank is c.51mm un-bent. The pin may have been bent in antiquity to hold it into clothing or hair (although the sharp point might suggest clothing rather more than hair!)
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-FFDD92
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete possibly cast iron pin. The It is in a fair condition and has no visible corrosion. The shank is sub-rectangular in section, and only slightly tapers to a broken point. The pin head is circular in section, and is bi-convex with an off-centre knop at the apex. This knop may be a manufacturing flaw rather than a decorative knop. The head measures 9.14mm diameter, and the pin is 48mm long. It weighs 3.4g. The pin is probably Roman, robably a hair pin. The pin is similar to Group 1 in Cools’ typology (1990 ‘Roman Metal Hair Pins from Southern Britain’ Archaeological…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-0061D8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
CURATOR'S REPORT Description of Object The silver head of a hair pin of the early Roman period. Silver hair-pin fragment in form of a human hand. The tips of the fingers are broken, leaving only the lower part of the fingers, defined by a series of rather crude incised grooves. The curved thumb in intact, as is the flat disc which separated the pin-head from the shaft. Only a small part of the iron shaft survives. Discussion Roman hair-pins in the form of a human hand are a well-known type. They are Cool's type 7 (1990:157-158), which …
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 1st March 2011
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Record ID: NMS-FDFA96
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British hairpin with incomplete openwork head with moulded edges. The head flattens and expands before narrowing around a round aperture, below which both faces carry an engraved saltire. Shank bent twice. Length >110mm. Width of head 15mm.
Created on: Tuesday 18th September 2007
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Acre', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-FEBE11
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British hairpin with complex head. Decoration from the shank upwards : two grooves, lattice of grooves, two broad reels, narrow reel, ovoid bead, hemispherical knob with deep radial and oblique grooves. Length 101mm. Maximum diameter 4.25mm.
Created on: Tuesday 18th September 2007
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Acre', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-B75544
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Enamelled copper alloy Horse and Rider brooch. The brooch is flat and shows a horse and rider going right. A male rider sits on the back of the horse and is shown leaning slightly backwards. He has swept back straight hair shown by a series of grooves. The ear, nose and eye are clearly defined by mouldings and recesses. The males right arm is angled forward and there is a short, vertical object in his hand, perhaps a staff or a sword. There is a large, roughly oval cell either side of the hand, and a small cell above. All three cells contain red enamel. The horse is shown gallo…
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-B77EB6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Enamelled copper alloy Horse and Rider brooch. The brooch is flat and shows a horse and rider going right. A male rider sits on the back of the horse, leaning slightly backwards. He has swept back straight hair shown by a series of grooves. The ear, nose and eye are clearly defined by mouldings and recesses. The males right arm is angled forward and there is a short, vertical object in his hand, perhaps a staff or a sword. There is a large, roughly oval cell either side of the hand, and a small cell above. All three cells would once have contained enamel however none now remains…
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-259FE2
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Roman hair pin (incomplete). The pin has an ovoid head with a spherical moulding immediately below. The surface is extremely pitted. It has a mid to dark green patina. It is 49.27mm long, 4.98mm wide, 5.91mm thick and weighs 5.6 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Standon CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-5EFF04
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case: 2005 T268. The hoard consists of a copper-alloy lamp, a copper-alloy arm-purse and four denarii. The arm-purse (Date: Probably 2nd-3rd century AD) An annular copper-alloy arm-purse. The broad, bracelet-like hoop has a smooth, plain, lightly-cambered inner face. Its cambered exterior face has a central channelled rib and a panel of rather rudimentarily-incised rectilinear decoration at the junction with both ends of the purse. The purse is hollow and leech-shaped, with the normal six-facetted exterior surface. One side is broken away. Only two small unattached fragments …
Created on: Wednesday 17th October 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tadcaster Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-CBCBE1
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman pin: an incomplete copper alloy Roman hair pin of Crummy's type 5. Like all pins in this group, it has a flattened, subspherical head, and grooves (two in the presente example) below). The pin has a patchy green patina, and is broken mid-way down the shank, which is unswollen or hipped. The pin measures 39mm long, with a head diameter of 6.9mm. It weighs 3.1g.
Created on: Monday 22nd October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-AEF716
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
CORONER'S REPORT 15 base silver radiates and 1 silver-gilt brooch to AD 265 Summary Gordian III (AD 238-44) 1 Philip I (AD 244-9) 1 Decius (AD 249-51) - Herennius Etruscus 1 Joint reign of Valerian & Gallienus (AD 253-60) Valerian 2 Gallienus 4 Postumus (AD 260-9) 6 (up to 3rd series; c. 263-5) Catalogue GORDIAN III(1) Seventh series (1): IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG 1. VIRTVTI AVGVSTI (Hercules stg. r.) D2 - 95 Qty1. 3.12g PHILIP I (1) Early series (1): IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG …
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Doncaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-41B5C2
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Romano-British hairpin, conical head with flattened radial band (diameter 9mm), bent above and bent and broken below mid-shaft swelling. >72mm. Cf. Cool group 1, sub-group E. Probably 1st-2nd AD.
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-F36CB5
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A postmedieval lead badge, probably dating to the 17th, or early 18th century. The badge is circular, with a pin attachment on the reverse. The obverse has a beaded margin, and a central facing bust, which is rudimentary, but naturalistic, with long hair, and evocative of 'puritanical' dress.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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