Record ID: PUBLIC-836C54
Object type: PIPE TAMPER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval, cast, copper-alloy pipe tamper. The object consists of a circular sectioned shaft with an axe-head terminal. The axe-head is crecentric at one end and hammer-shaped at the other. The shaft expands outwards towards the base and is decorated with three transverse ridges. Both the hammer-head and the base of the shaft could be used to tamp the tobacco. As the diameter of the bowls of clay pipes increased with time, so the diameter of the pipe tampers increased. On this tamper, the diameter of the hammer-head is 6.1mm and the base of the shaft is 6.4mm which would indicat…
Created on: Tuesday 18th September 2012
Last updated: Sunday 5th May 2019
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Record ID: BERK-6D8850
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman Polden Hill brooch of flat wing ends type (AD 80-120). Wing ends have perforated end caps. Spring and and pin missing. Pierced crest on top of head. Bow taper. Two narrow mouldings at foot. Each ring has five longitudinal ribs catchplate intact, folded pin rest.
Created on: Wednesday 18th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
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Record ID: BERK-6BC8A5
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pair of copper alloy late Roman or early Anglo Saxon tweezers with narrow upper body expanding to the blades; each end is folded over to make the pincers. Upper area of blades decorated on both sides with closely set parallel grooves at the top; ring-and-dot stamped motifs. Probably c.5th to 6th century AD.
Created on: Wednesday 18th July 2012
Last updated: Thursday 26th July 2018
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Record ID: BERK-6BA301
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy early Anglo Saxon disc brooch fragment, c.50% extant. There is no sign of a pin or catchplate so it may be that the object is a mount rather than a brooch. Circular in shape with 2 circular mouldings at the centre with four spiral roundals. Traces of possible gilding and enamel.
Created on: Wednesday 18th July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 19th June 2013
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Record ID: BERK-6893F6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy bent Roman pin with a rounded knob with collar.
Created on: Wednesday 18th July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 19th June 2013
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Record ID: BERK-687750
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy needle fragment, rectilinear in plan with a slot at the head. General Roman date.
Created on: Wednesday 18th July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 19th June 2013
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Record ID: BERK-683621
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy needle fragment rectilinier with slot.
Created on: Wednesday 18th July 2012
Last updated: Thursday 29th January 2015
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Record ID: BERK-A2A337
Object type: TANKARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Post Medieval tankard handle and lid attachment. No picture provided.
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2011
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Record ID: BERK-A28DF2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A incomplete copper alloy Roman strip bow brooch with a triangular catchplate. Folded cylinder at head, half broken. No pin survives. The brooch has longitudinal linear decoration on upper surface. 1st Centry AD.
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 30th June 2015
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Record ID: BERK-A26DE2
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval seal matrix which has a bird above confronted busts on hand. The die has a circular face and six facets on the handle (hexagonal). No picture available.
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2011
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Record ID: BERK-A227E6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy barbarous Roman Radiate, circa AD 275-285. No picture available.
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2011
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Record ID: BERK-A204C2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine (AD 335-7), GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse. Reece 17.
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2011
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Record ID: BERK-A1ED04
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval buckle frame with an offset bar and large rounded projection on outer frame. No pin survives. c. AD 1250-1450.
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
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Record ID: BERK-A1BD67
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman Radiate of the period AD260-296
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2011
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Record ID: BERK-A17E25
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus from the House of Valentinian (AD 364-378), SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE reverse. Reece 19.
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2011
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Record ID: BERK-A15327
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine (probably Constans), struck between AD 335-337. Reece 17. GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse.
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2011
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Record ID: BERK-A12185
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman finger ring, circa 2nd Century AD, an oval shaped flat bezel with traces of enamelling. The bezel is 15mm in length and 8mm in width with a single "crenallation" in the centre. The panels either side would likely have held enamel. The frame is "D" shaped in section. The whole is 20mm in diameter.
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 24th September 2014
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Record ID: BERK-A0F644
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy double looped spectacle buckle dating to the Medieval period (AD 1250-1450). The iron pin is missing although some iron corrosion is present.
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2011
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Record ID: BERK-A0A202
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Medieval buckle pin with part of the loop and small ridge above. Probably AD 1250-1450.
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2011
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Record ID: BERK-A08613
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy Trade Token, quite worn but with the letters I M E and date 1665 on the reverse and a shield with the inscription ...E...R...O on the obverse. Die axis 6.
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2011
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