https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/templates/general_wide/img/logo.png UKDFD Recording Software https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ Roman https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/roman.html Glass Centre-Boss Brooch https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/roman/brooches/plate-brooches/glass-centre-boss-brooch-59401.html Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:27:51 GMT Plate brooches Glass Centre-Boss Brooch  
Description: A copper-alloy native British gilded centre-boss brooch of the Roman period. The brooch is formed from a flat oval plate with a raised outer rim and a central upstanding flange to accommodate the coloured, conical glass central boss. The surrounding heavily gilded flat-bottomed channel is decorated with a row of contiguous punched zig-zags. The rear of the brooch is tinned and retains both the sprung pin on a single lug and the catchplate. The conical glass boss is missing.
Category: Roman, Brooches, Plate brooches
Category: Plate brooches
]]> Headstud Brooch https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/roman/brooches/bow-brooches/headstud-brooch-59400.html Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:24:41 GMT Bow brooches Headstud Brooch  
Description: A copper-alloy headstud brooch of the Roman period. It has short, vertically stepped wings with a tubular housing at the rear to accommodate the axis bar of the hinged pin. On top of the wings are the remains of an integrally cast chain loop. The bow is D-shaped in section, highly arched, and decorated with a circular moulded headstud; it terminates with a flat forward-facing foot. The headstud and the section of the bow beneath were probably enamelled, the colour of which is undetermined. The hinged pin and catchplate are missing.
 
Category: Roman, Brooches, Bow brooches
Category: Bow brooches
]]> Bead https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/roman/miscellaneous/bead-59389.html Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:32:40 GMT Miscellaneous Bead  
Description: A plain annular copper-alloy bead with a biconvex profile. It is probably of the late Iron Age or Roman period, but beads are difficult to date, and similar forms are known from the Bronze Age to the post-Roman period.

See also UKDFD 14939 and UKDFD 57758.
 
Category: Roman, Miscellaneous
Category: Miscellaneous
]]> Colchester Two-Piece Brooch https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/roman/brooches/bow-brooches/colchester-two-piece-brooch-59292.html Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:57:50 GMT Bow brooches Colchester Two-Piece Brooch  
Description: A Colchester Two-piece brooch of the early Roman period. It is of the type that has a double-pierced lug for the sprung pin mechanism, the lower perforation to hold the axis bar of the spring, and the upper one to secure the chord. It has short, semi-cylindrical, undecorated wings. The bow is arched and D-shaped in profile; a pronounced midrib occupies the upper section, it then tapers to an understated foot. On the back of the bow is a triangular, perforated catchplate with curved return. The spring remains in situ; the pin is missing.
Category: Roman, Brooches, Bow brooches
Category: Bow brooches
]]> Colchester Two-Piece Brooch https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/roman/brooches/bow-brooches/colchester-two-piece-brooch-59248.html Mon, 04 May 2026 13:23:41 GMT Bow brooches Colchester Two-Piece Brooch  
Description: A Colchester two-piece bow brooch of the early Roman period. It is of the type with a double-pierced lug for the spring mechanism, the lower perforation to hold the spring's axis bar, and the upper one to secure its chord. It has short semi-cylindrical wings and a humped bow, which is triangular in cross-section; the spring mechanism and lower bow with catchplate are missing.
Category: Roman, Brooches, Bow brooches
Category: Bow brooches
]]> Colchester Two-Piece Brooch https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/roman/brooches/bow-brooches/colchester-two-piece-brooch-59179.html Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:06:30 GMT Bow brooches Colchester Two-Piece Brooch  
Description:

A Colchester two-piece brooch of the early Roman period. It is of the type that has a double-pierced lug for the sprung pin mechanism, the lower perforation (now worn through) to hold the axis bar of the spring, and the upper one to secure the chord. It has short, flat wings and an undecorated bow that is mainly  D-shaped in cross-section, slightly arched, and tapers to a blunt foot. The sub-rectangular catchplate on the back of the bow survives; the sprung pin mechanism is missing.
Category: Roman, Brooches, Bow brooches
Category: Bow brooches
]]> Crossbow Brooch https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/roman/brooches/bow-brooches/crossbow-brooch-59162.html Sat, 28 Feb 2026 14:25:43 GMT Bow brooches Crossbow Brooch  
Description: An incomplete copper-alloy crossbow brooch of the late Roman period. Comprising the rectangular-section crossbow with three integral globular collared knobs located at the head and each end. A short section of the arched bow and the hinged pin survive.
Category: Roman, Brooches, Bow brooches
Category: Bow brooches
]]> Knee Brooch https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/roman/brooches/bow-brooches/knee-brooch-59151.html Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:02:28 GMT Bow brooches Knee Brooch  
Description: An incomplete copper-alloy knee brooch of the Roman period. Comprising short, cylindrical wings which enclose the axis bar of the hinged pin, and a shallow semicircular headplate set above the bulbous, forward-facing bow. The lower leg with catchplate is missing; a portion of the hinged pin and the axis bar survive.
Category: Roman, Brooches, Bow brooches
Category: Bow brooches
]]> Gaming Counter https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/roman/miscellaneous/gaming-counter-45367.html Wed, 02 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMT Miscellaneous Gaming Counter  
Description: A Roman period discoidal bone gaming counter, inscribed on one face with XLIIX - probably a variant form of 48.
Category: Roman, Miscellaneous
Category: Miscellaneous
]]> Gaming Piece https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/roman/miscellaneous/gaming-piece-59131.html Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:05:59 GMT Miscellaneous Gaming Piece  
Description: A discoidal ceramic gaming piece made from a re-worked sherd of red-brown pottery. Both sides of the object have striations, those on one side resembling the Roman numeral III, but possibly decoration from the host object. The recorder notes that the piece was found at Roman Ancaster in a field littered with pottery sherds and directly next to the fort.
Category: Roman, Miscellaneous
Category: Miscellaneous
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