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Record ID: OXON-157123
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Probable Roman (mid 1st to 3rd century) mount: the copper alloy mount is incomplete or fragmentary. The body of the mount is an oval shape with a truncated and broken terminal, and at the opposite edge there is a integral sub-rectangular plate. The plate is decorated with fine transverse grooves which have been interupted by a circular perforation or cell. On the reverse thiscircular perforation or cell has a stud protruding. Due to corrosion it is not clear whether the stud is integral or seperate to the mount. The stud has a wide circular shank and terminals with an integral fla…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: OXON-96F23B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman brooch, possibly T-shaped type: The copper alloy brooch is fragmentary, it has the remains of a plain bow which is a slender rectangle in section and tapers slightly in width to a broken edge. In profile the bow is a C-shape probably due to damage rather than intention. The upper edge of the bow has an expanded area which is either incomplete wings or an integral plate. The plate is horizontal in its present position and the upper face is decorated with two parallel grooves running the length of the plate and the upper plate is broken, but not recent. On the reverse this pla…
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: OXON-032AAC
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman (c. 43 - 410 AD) copper alloy nail; The head of the nail is flat and roughly rectangular in shape with rounded corners. The shank is integral and is square-sectioned, tapering to a blunt point. The nail is slightly bent from the lower third of the shank. It has a mid green patina and measures 46.36mm long, 7.55 mm wide across the head and weighs 3.32g.
The PAS record KENT-0004BD writes 'Nails are difficult to date without archaeological context. Nails of this form are frequently assigned a Roman date and examples have been excavated. However, nails were manufacture…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: OXON-031DD4
Object type: STUD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman (AD c. 100-350) cast copper-alloy stud or mount: The stud has a circular head which is decorated on the outer face with an undecorated bone setting which is slightly domed in profile. On the reverse of the stud there is an integral circular section shank which does not taper, but termintes with a flattened expanded edge which was probably flattened with a hammer. The surface of the stud has a mottled mid to dark green patina. It measures 34.65mm diameter 18.42mm thick and weighs 30.19g
Crummy (1983) illustrates similar studs, but not decorated with bone, such…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: OXON-6FA77E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman (mid 1st to 2nd century) brooch Colchester derivative, Rear Hook Spring of Mackreth 2011, 3. Plate 40. The wings are semi-cylindrical, although one is incomplete. The complete wing does not terminate with a perforated wing cap. The axis bar, spring and pin are missing. The wings are decorated with a obliquely angled groove and the terminal has a vertical beaded groove. Along the upper edge there is an incomplete integral lug or hook. The bow head is decorated with a platform on each side. The outer face of the bow head and bow is decorated with a linear ridge …
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: OXON-9A520E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman (2nd century) Trumpet brooch: The fragmentary copper alloy brooch is a portion of the bow, which is broken at either end, neither break is recent. The lower portion, on the reverse has a fragment of the catchplate. The bow is decorated with a triple-ribbed moulding with the central rib being prominent and having notches on the upper and lower face. The decoration continues on the reverse in a more simplistic form. The brooch has an abraded surface with a matte light green coloured surface. It measures 34.22mm in length, 8.44mm in width and weighs 5.69g.
The brooch is a Trumpet-h…
Created on: Thursday 20th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
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Record ID: OXON-9A3B1A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 9, Plate 53-4 AD c. 49-375). The copper alloy brooch has semi-cylindrical wings, although one wing is missing. The other is abraded, therefore it is not certain if there was originally a wing cap. The wings are decorated with a pair of slender vertical rdges and a wide shallow trough between them. The axis bar, spring and pin are missing. At the centre of the upper edge of the wings/bow head there is a deep trough with an incomplete perforated lug. The bowhead is hump-like in profile with moulding in …
Created on: Thursday 20th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
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Record ID: OXON-7A8CCD
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age - Roman period (c. 1500 BC - 450 AD) casting waste: An incomplete piece of copper alloy (bronze) casting waste which is a fragment from the neck (funnel / well) of a composite probably two-part mould. The casting waste is broadly conical in shape although the wide edges are more heavily tapered than the sides. In profile the two halves of the casting waste are uneven with one side being much thicker and more wedge shaped than the other. This is presumably due to the mould being cut deeper one half than the other. The base of the casting waste is cut or br…
Created on: Wednesday 19th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: OXON-EA7BC1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Harlow (Mackreth 2011, Chap 3 Part 1, Group 3a-b Plate 34, AD c. 60-late 4th century). The copper alloy brooch has decorated wings which do not have a cap. The decoration is at the terminal of each wing in the form of two vertical grooves. On the reverse of the wings there is a central perforated lug which supports the axis bar. The spring is curled around the axis bar four time and leads to the complete pin which is fixed pointing upwards. The bow head is slightly hump like and has a intergral perforated lug at the apex which …
Created on: Wednesday 12th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 13th July 2023
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Record ID: OXON-74ADB9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman (AD 100-300) finger ring: The copper alloy finger ring has been cast. The bezel is an oval and tapers to the shoulders, which continues to taper to the sub D-sectioned loop. The bezel is decorated with two circular cells alongside each other. Between them there are two vertical incised linears with a a low-relief zig zag line. There is no trace of enamel in the cells. The surface of the finger ring has a mottled shiny brown-green patina.
The ring measures 20.83mm long, 11.29mm wide across the bezel and weighs 2.92g.
Daubney classifies this type of finger ring with tw…
Created on: Saturday 24th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2023
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Record ID: OXON-74A40A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Roman/ Early-Medieval (AD 150-700) penannular brooch of Fowler's Type D and Booth's type D and Mackreth Type, Chap. 10, Part 1, PEN. The frame is sub-circular, and rectangular in cross-section, made from a single piece of copper alloy. The terminals have been bent back laying back over the frame to form a penannular brooch frame with a separate pin. The pin is copper alloy, has a square section to tapers to a blunt, broken point. The other terminal becomes rectangular in section and is curled to form a loop. The outer face of the frame is decorated with double and tri…
Created on: Saturday 24th June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2023
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Record ID: OXON-74A0A2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Roman/ Early-Medieval (AD 400-600) penannular brooch of Fowler Type D and Booth Type D. The frame is sub-circular, and oval in cross-section, made from a single piece of copper alloy. The terminals has been bent back laying back over the frame to form a penannular brooch. The pin is missing. There is no decoration. The surface has alight blue-green coloured patina.
The frame measures 23.97mm long, 19.72mm wide, 4.16mm thick at the terminal and weighs 1.29g.
A similar example is illustrated in Mackreth (2011) Figure 144, No. 13035 and 3117and is categoris…
Created on: Saturday 24th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2023
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Record ID: OXON-D56D48
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman (late 3rd - 4th centuryAD) probable, strip bracelet fragment: The artefact is sub-rectangular in plan and is undulating in profile. One terminal is rounded and tapers in thickness and has an oval perforation. The other terminal is broken but not recently. The exterior surface is decorated with blocks of fine linear grooves with a low-relief ring-and-dot design between each block. The bracelet is rectangular in section. The surface of the bracelet has a mid green-grey patina. The bracelet measures 37.69mm in length, width is 4.77mm and weighs 2.7g
This is a Roman b…
Created on: Saturday 17th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 23rd June 2023
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Record ID: OXON-7DCF17
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman (1st to 4th century) bracelet with continuous transverse grooves. A fragment of a copper alloy bracelet with one broken, but not recently, and the other is complete. The complete terminal narrows in width and depth and is curved outwards forming a slight hook. This element of the braclet is undecorated. The decoration starts with a slight lip and the remaining bracelet has a series of transverse grooves on the outer face. The interior surface is undecorated. The bracelet is D-shaped in section and is plan is curved. The surface of the bracelt has a light green/gre…
Created on: Friday 19th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2023
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Record ID: OXON-7DCBAC
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman (late 3rd - 4th century) strip bracelet fragment with multiple motifs: The bracelet is sub-rectangular in plan with both terminals being broken, but not recently as they are slightly rounded and covered with the patina. One terminal tapers slightly in depth and width and has a flat 'U' shaped terminal. The opposite terminal is a slender sub-rectangular in section. The outer face of the bracelet has a ring-and-dot motif at the thicker terminal with a transverse groove as a border. The other terminal has three transverse grooves. Between the two terminals there is a ce…
Created on: Friday 19th May 2023
Last updated: Saturday 24th June 2023
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Record ID: OXON-242237
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman (mid 1st to 2nd century) brooch: The lower portion of the bow remains. The bow is broken into two pieces at the approximate midpoint of the bow. The break is not a recent. The lower portion of the bow tapers to a blunt foot. On the reverse of this portion of the bow there is a complete catchplate with a triangular perforation. The surface of the brooch has a well-developed mid grey-green coloured patina. The upper portion of the bow is broken below the wings, there they are missing. It is D-shaped in section and the outer face is decorated a vertical elongated triangula…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2023
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Record ID: OXON-7DEEEC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age (c. 100 BC to c. AD 100) penannular brooch of Fowler's Type A4/Booth Type A9: The frame is sub- oval in plan with a wide gap between the two terminals, and the body of the brooch is oval in section. The two terminals have a slightly flattened knop with three collars behind each knop. The pin is missing. The surface has a shiny light blue-green patina. The frame measures 34.82mm long, 40.59mm wide, 4.45mm thick at the terminal and weighs 5.29g.
Fowler classifies this type of brooch as A4 dating from the 3rd century BC to early Roman period, whereas Booth classifi…
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
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Record ID: OXON-7DDE87
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to early Roman (c.AD 0 to c. 100) cast copper alloy Nauheim Derivative brooch. The brooch is produced from one piece of copper alloy. The spring is coiled with only one incomplete coil visible, the others are missing due to a break, which appears to be recent. The other terminal of the spring develops into the bow which is rectangular in section and is slightly convex on the exterior and concave on the interior. The bow tapers to a point, which on the reverse has a solid catchplate. The upper portion of the bow is decorated with two columns of fine obliquely ang…
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
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Record ID: OXON-7DB627
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to early Roman (c.AD 0 to c. 100) cast copper alloy Nauheim Derivative brooch. The brooch is produced from one piece of copper alloy. The spring is coiled with only one coil visible, the others are missing due to a break. The other terminal of the spring develops into the bow which is rectangular in section drops downwards with a straight profile. The lower portion of the bow is bent forming a right-angle and has an incomplete solid catchplate. The surface of the brooch has a mid grey-green patina.
The brooch measures 25.72mm long, 5.26mm wide across the s…
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
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Record ID: OXON-C18AB8
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman (late 3rd to 4th centuries) bracelet: The bracelet is sub-rectangular in plan with one terminal being broken, but not recently. The other terminal tapers to a sharp point. This may be due to a break rather than intention. The width of the bracelet does taper slightly towards this terminal. The outer face of the bracelet is decorated with a three ring and dot motifs with a plain rectangular block which is terminated at the wider terminal. After the ring and dot motifs there are three grooves across the bracelet before the bracelet has a horizontal central groove with a r…
Created on: Tuesday 4th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2023
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