Record ID: NCL-466056
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead-alloy steelyard weight dating to the Roman period (AD 43-410). The weight is roughly bi-conical in form consisting of two unequally sized upper and lower hemispheres with a rounded circumferential ridge between them. A copper alloy band of 4mm width surrounds the circumference. The bottom section is smaller, and the base has been flattened either during production or at a later date. There is a nipple at the top of the weight which has a copper alloy attachment protruding from it. This is probably a flattened suspension loop. Height: 50.68 Diameter: …
Created on: Monday 10th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 4th January 2023
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Record ID: NCL-6615F8
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flat silver ring. The age and function are unknown. The finder wondered if the object may be made from a coin, specifically an Elizabeth I Groat, Spink number 2551. Carl Savage, however, commented that the outer edge of the object did not look like the edge of a coin. The age and function remain unknown,  Weight 0.64g Diameter: 22.84, Internal diameter 16.05mm Thickness: 0.36mm
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 25th January 2023
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Record ID: NCL-4650E7
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unknown object of unknown date and function. The object is a bow of copper alloy that is ovoid in section. At the foot the face appears machined, however the marks could be from casting. The 'face' of the object is trapezoidal and has an irregular shape with a possible zoomorphic shape - possibly a lion. Above this is a small suspension loop.  Length: 50.87 mm Width: 14.82 mm Thickness: 5.27 mm Weight: 21.66 g
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: NCL-4C204A
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete opaque globular annular glass bead of unknown date, Bronze Age to Modern, about 2200 BC to AD 1900, but most likely to be Roman or Early Medieval. The bead is made out of opaque light-blue glass. It is circular in shape, with convex sides, and the ends slightly flattened. It is annular and uneven, thicker at one side than the other. There is a casting sprue at the top of one side. see SWYOR- Height: 6.81 mm Weight: 0.69 g Diameter: 8.77 mm7A2F2C and SWYOR-C01D56 for similar examples Hole - 3.04mm 
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
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Record ID: NCL-0A12BD
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This object was initialy thought to be a copper alloy potin of Iron Age date. However, on further investigation and after the photographs were examined by John Naylor, it deemed not to be a potin and is recorded here as unidentified. 
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: NCL-D44613
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman denarius of Vitellius (AD 69), dating to the period AD 69 (Reece period 4). XV VIR-SACR FAC reverse type depicting a Tripod-lebes with dolphin lying right on top, raven standing right below. Mint of Rome. As RIC I (2nd ed.), p. 272, no. 86.
Created on: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 17th January 2019
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Record ID: NCL-5BD5BD
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The coins were submitted as 9 loose coins and two clumps of coins concreted together with corrosion products. These were separated in the British Museum Conservation laboratory. Associated with the coins were seven artefacts. These were found in one discrete group with the exception of the phallic pendant, found one to two metres to the south, and the lead object, found five metres to the south. They are likely to have been moved by ploughing Contents of find The coins (E. Ghey) The coins submitted for consideration consist of a group of 24 medium-sized copper alloy coins, pr…
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 26th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woodburn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-AD9E11
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Massive terret ring made from cast cu-alloy, with an incomplete projection of a twin spur (lipped projection) within the ring. It would also have had a strap bar concealed at the base. Most known examples come from northern England and Scotland with an emphasis in Aberdeenshire. There are also examples from North Wales. It's very close to an example from Chesters, Northumberland in Jope 2000, 309, 291e and MacGregor 1976, 113. Generally dating from late 1st-mid 3rd century AD. A fine example of this type of object is LANCUM-1F06E0
Created on: Friday 8th December 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 8th September 2020
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Record ID: NCL-BABE07
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
The folowing report is from Martin Henig. "An attractive intaglio in a lower quality, base silver ring. The material of the stone is a non crystalline quartz, a chalcedony, with an upper blue layer and brownish ground, so it could be called a blue onyx or nicolo [ jewellery terms rather than scientific ones], the blue caused by staining/chemical treatment. The gem was cut with an outwardly bevelled edge. The subject is a cow, a popular subject from the Augustan period onwards, though I would date this to the late 1st century/first half of the 2nd century AD. Comparanda: see M.…
Created on: Thursday 21st December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 19th September 2018
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Record ID: NCL-B464CD
Object type: SAW
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible fragment of a Roman (Bronze Age?) copper-alloy saw, similar to BM-AF446A.SF 688.The Piercebridge Divers The fragment is slightly concave and has a square piercing at one end. The object is 38.47mm long; 18.55mm wide; 1.04mm thick and weighs 3.05g
Created on: Wednesday 15th May 2019
Last updated: Sunday 4th August 2019
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Record ID: NCL-2696E2
Object type: SHEET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead sheet with the impression of a Roman coin. The coin impresion is of a Siliqua from the reign of Gratian (367-383) - Reece Period 19. The lead sheet is sub-rectaungular in plan and weighs 70.50g; is 56.23mm long; and has a maximum width of 34.07mm and a minimum width of 26.22mm. It is 4.91mm thick. The impression is situated at the widest part of the sheet and some dammage has occured to the upper right quadrant of the object, which includes part of the impression. The sheet has a transverse cut just below the coin impression. It is conceivable that this was made for casting …
Created on: Friday 9th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Record ID: NCL-15A8DD
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman or later furniture fitting (c. AD100-400). The object has a rounded top, with a circular cross-section, and has a spherical knop with central dimple on its apex. From the rounded top the object tapers in and out again to form a 'waist', with a step between the top and the 'waist'. There is a further step betwen the 'waist' and the foot of the fitting which is a flat, circular base. There is a circular protrusion for attachment on the underside of the base. The object may be a handle or knob. Simlar examples recorded on the PAS database can be seen in r…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Record ID: NCL-30F496
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy Trumpet brooch of Roman date, c. AD 75 - 175. The head is ovate with a double lug hinge mechanism to the reverse. The pin no longer remains. A D-sectioned bow extends from the front of the head but is much truncateed. The patina is a dark green. Similar examples are illustrated in Hattatt, p.327, fig.186 and are dated to circa AD 75 - 175.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 8th September 2020
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Record ID: NCL-CBB4CB
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Revesby, Lincolnshire A hoard of c. 70 Roman bronze coins. Initial identification suggests a deposition date after the mid-fourth century. The coins (Eleanor Ghey) A total of 67 coins and 2 unidentified metallic fragments were submitted for examination as potential Treasure. The assemblage is wide-ranging in date and as there was no container and no additional information on the distribution of the finds was provided, the group is assumed to contain a hoard of 55 nummi with a tpq of AD 327-8 alongside other stray coins from the area, including two first century copper a…
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 17th February 2022
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Record ID: NCL-F46496
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Sunderland
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman sestertius of Vespasian (AD 69-79), dating to the period c.AD 77-78 (Reece period 4). [SALVS] AVGVSTA, S C reverse type depicting Salus seated left holding patera and sceptre. Mint of Lyon. As RIC II (2nd ed.), p. 146, no. 1208.
Created on: Wednesday 16th January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
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Record ID: NCL-11DB8B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman radiate of unclear type, possibly of Claudius II or similar, dating to the period c.AD 260-275 (Reece period 13) Obverse: IMP C[…], Radiate and cuirassed(?) bust right Reverse: […]RCI, Unclear standing figure left, probably Fides? Prototype of the mint of Rome.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 4th May 2022
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Record ID: NCL-4ACEC6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy nummus of Constans (AD 333-350), dating to the period c.AD 337-340 (Reece period17). GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS reverse type depicting Two soldiers standing either side of one standard. Mint of Cyzicus. As RIC VIII, p. 491, no. 22. Weight - 1.58g; Diameter - 14.96mm Axis; 6 O'Clock
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2019
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2019
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Record ID: NCL-1E0278
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
A worn copper-alloy Roman dupondius of Hadrian (AD 117-138), dating to the period c.AD 128-129 (Reece period 6). Unclear reverse type depicting a standing female figure left, possibly Hilaritas? Mint of Rome. cf. RIC II.3, p. 142, cf no. 990 for a possible parallel.
Created on: Wednesday 26th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 27th January 2022
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Record ID: NCL-C69B4F
Object type: TOILET ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible Roman copper alloy toilet article. It is flat at one end, with a square section in the middle becoming round. There is a short section of thin wire, with a diameter of 0.85mm terminating in a rounded point. It is unclear if the thin wire section is due to wear and/or damage, or is purposefully constructed.  Weight: 5.05g Length: 77.93mm Thickness: 4.10mm
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2022
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Record ID: NCL-C1FDBB
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
10 items of jewellery from the same brooch chain 1 miscellaneous object 29 coins from MM (one share with) PS 1 coin CW 1 coin ST 2 coins JM 1 coin PS + 1 share with MM 4 coins TS The age and precious metal content of this item qualify it as treasure under the stipulations of the 1996 Treasure Act 2 nails? no claim
Created on: Wednesday 15th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 4th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bellingham Hoard', grid reference and parish protected.