Record ID: ESS-398FB7
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified copper-alloy object. This object is D-shaped and the straight line of the D appears to be a worn break edge. This straight edge is the thickest part of the object at 6.72mm and the object decreases in size to 2.72mm thick at the curving end. No decoration is visible. Patches of original surface survive and have a dark green patina but the abraded surfaces are a light-green. The curved edges of the D are very worn. It measures 21.32mm long (across the curve), 19.82mm wide and weighs 11.69g.
Created on: Friday 22nd September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-CD7921
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper ring, possibly a finger ring, but very twisted and worn. Uncertain date.
Created on: Friday 29th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-636D44
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified fitting, a length of bronze strip and two pieces of scrap bronze.
Created on: Friday 6th October 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2013
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Record ID: ESS-A1CBD3
Object type: MUSKET BALL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
369 items of lead shot, various sizes.
Created on: Monday 9th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-AFFD05
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified cast copper-alloy object. The object is incomplete in length and would have been hollow, but only half of its total diameter has survived so the object is now C-shaped. The hollow inside of the surviving part of the object is four-sided, flat and plain. The outside of the object consists of two integral parts. From the break edge the first half of the object is plain with four thin (2.6mm) flat sides. Beyond this the object becomes thicker (9.6mm) as it projects out at a right angle for a distance of 5.5mm before tapering inwards to meet the internal edge of the objec…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hempstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-C1DF13
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman cast copper-alloy zoomorphic brooch in the three dimensional shape of a swimming bird, possibly a duck or swan, dated from AD 100-200. The main part of the brooch is oval in plan and convex/hollow in section, and the oval body of the duck tapers slightly towards the tail end. The oval body consists of a moulded flat central piece, representing the body and tail of the bird, and a piercing through the tail probably served as a head loop. On either side of the body are two grooves with two wings (one on either side) below. The integral neck is situated at the front end of the…
Created on: Monday 4th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-C24356
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman cast copper alloy brooch. Probably an Aesica brooch, dated from AD 40-60. It has short wings, each of which is decorated with one incised line placed at an angle. Between the wings is a short arched bow. A rib from the rearward hook continues down the centre of the bow to its base, and two vertical incised lines (one on either side of the rib) run parallel to the rib and terminate in a punched circle. Below the bow is an integral decorative element which tapers inwards and consists of four diagonal grooves forming two V-shapes with the smaller V sitting inside the larger. …
Created on: Monday 4th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-D55866
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman struck silver denarius of Geta, AD 198-200. Mint of Rome. Obverse: Bust, draped, head bare, right. [P] SEPT GETA CAES PONT. Reverse: Nobilitas standing right, holding sceptre and palladium. N[OBILIT]AS. Surface condition fair. It measures 19.22mm in diameter and 3.2g in weight. Reference: RIC 13a (Mattingly, H. and Sydenham,E. 1936. Roman Imperial Coinage. Vol. IV. Part I).
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-D5AC37
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy radiate of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), probably PAX AVG, Pax standing left holding branch and vertical sceptre. Probably C Mint, -//(C?). Surface condition fair. It measures 23.52mm in diameter and 2.8g in weight. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 10th November 2015
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Record ID: ESS-D68577
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman struck copper alloy sestertius of Faustina (junior), AD 147-175. Obverse: Bust, right, illegible. Reverse: Figure standing right, SC (in exergue) otherwise illegible. Surface condition poor. It measures 31.16mm in diameter and 20.1g in weight. Other sestertius of Faustina (junior) can be found in Sear, D. Roman Coins and their Values. Seaby. p. 35, 1403-1413.
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-D6BE33
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman struck copper-alloy sestertius. Obverse: illegible. Reverse: illegible. Surface condition very poor. It measures 30.34mm in diameter and 22.0g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-D6E853
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman struck silver denarius of Caracalla, AD 205. Mint of Rome. Obverse: Bust, laureate, draped, right. A[NT]ONIANVS [PI]VS [AV]G. Obverse: Salus seated left, feeding snake coiled around altar, left arm on side of chair. PO[NTIF TR P V]III [C]OS II. Surface condition poor. It measures 17.62mm in diameter and 3.3g in weight. Reference: RIC 82 (Mattingley, H. and Sydenham, E. 1936. Roman Imperial Coinage, Vol. IV, Part I).
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-D71626
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Roman struck copper-alloy sestertius, possibly of Domitian (AD 81-96) (Reece Period 4). Obverse: Bust, right, illegible. Obverse: illegible. Surface condition very poor. It measures 33.62mm in diameter and 19.5g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
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Record ID: ESS-D741B5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman struck copper-alloy sestertius. Obverse: Bust, bearded, right, illegible. Reverse: figure standing left, illegible. Surface condition very poor. It measures 28.74mm in diameter and 22.3g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-D76DE0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman struck silver barbarous radiate of Postumus, AD 260-269. Obverse: Bust, radiate, right. [IMP C] POSTVMVS P F AVG. Reverse: standing figure, illegible. Surface condition poor. It measures 24.96mm in diameter and 2.1g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-D79F06
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman struck copper-alloy radiate, AD 260-296. Obverse: Bust, radiate, right. IMP […]. Obverse: illegible. Surface condition very poor. It measures 18.78mm in diameter and 2.3g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-D7BFB7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman struck silver denarius. probably of Caracalla, AD 198-217. Obverse: Bust, laureate, right. [ANT]ONIA[NVS PIVS] AVG. Reverse: standing figure, illegible. Surface condition poor. It measures 18.12mm in diameter and 1.9g in weight. Mattingley, H. and Sydenham, E. 1936. Roman Imperial Coinage, Vol IV, Part I.
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-D80F72
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Roman greyware pottery fragment, including part of the rim, neck and body. 15.2g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2015
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Record ID: ESS-558C77
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Roman cast copper-alloy openwork buckle plate. This is a rectangular folded buckle plate which is broken along the hinge, but part of the pin hole has survived. Beyond the hinge and pin hole is a raised transverse line, and beyond this is an open-work fleur-de-lis design. There are no rivet holes and the reverse of the plate is plain. No original surface has survived and the existing surface shows a light green patina. The break edges are worn. It measures 30.42mm long, 24.46mm wide, is 2.66mm thick and weighs 7.61g. Similar buckle plates can be found on this database, …
Created on: Monday 11th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-A69580
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy terminal of uncertain function. It depicts a head, with crude details; the short hair consists of deep cuts and lines in various directions, the brow is furrowed with a horizontal groove at each side meeting at the central apex which follows down to the short, stubby nose. The lentoid eyes are deep-set in very large sockets, the pupils are represented by a circular dot, the ears are simple moulded curving ridges and the moulded lips are defined by three short horizontal lines. Below the neck, the shaft survives for 24.8mm and tapers while maintaining its circ…
Created on: Friday 15th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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