This website requires Javascript to be enabled in your browser.
Please follow the instructions to enable Javascript at http://www.enable-javascript.com/
Fetching coin data
A small globular pedestal beaker in red coarse ware with a dark grey exterior. Unlikely to have contained the bracelets due to size (9 cm tall and the same in max. diameter) but may have contained the coins. An organic container for the whole assemblage is suggested but with no evidence.
Roman silver strip bracelet with hinged clasp. The main body of the bracelet comprises a wide, thick strip of silver, oval in profile and rectangular in section. The top part of the bracelet consists of a separate rectangular plate of metal sheet decorated with a series of deep chased indentations which radiate out from a central ovoid box setting and form loose triangles in each corner of the rectangle. There is further decoration in the form of unevenly spaced punched dots. The box setting is set with an opaque milky orange/brown carnelian, undecorated; the setting appears to have been restored, and there are traces of adhesive on the underside which indicate modern repairs. The stone has been left uncleaned. On the back of the rectangular plate, the clasp mechanism has been soldered; its structure comprises a thick disc of metal, over which has been attached a circular plate with side lobes that fit neatly into corresponding recesses in the centre of the main hoop and curve back on themselves to form enclosed loops. This technique allowed pins to be pushed through the loops, creating a hinge on one side and a removable pin on the other so that the rectangular section could be pivoted and the bracelet opened for wearing. One of the side lugs is now broken, with the metal corroded. The pins are composed of copper alloy instead of silver. The outer surface of the bracelet's hoop is decorated with five panels, which are separated by pairs of moulded 'ribs' that rise slightly above the surface. Each of the ribs is decorated with punched dots. The panels on either side of the clasp are decorated with a series of six incised triangles in groups of three that meet at their apices, which in turn create two full and two half diamonds, undecorated. Each of the triangles has been infilled with punched dots, very unevenly spaced. TThe panels below these on each side are decorated with pairs of confronted peltas, which are formed by double incised parallel lines; ovoid 'leaves' are incised in the centre of each pelta, and more unevenly spaced punched dots fill the curves of each peltate motif. TThe fifth and final panel features a crudely incised double circle filled with punched dots in the space between the circles, enclosing a four-leaved flower motif with ovoid petals. TThe space between the leaves and the enclosing circle is filled with additional unevenly spaced punched dots.
Pennanular with snake's head terminals. Broken in antiquity. Engraved design.
Pennanular with snake's head terminals. Engraved design.
Each clasp contains a single oval carnelian set within a chased six-lobed stylised floral motif. The clasp has a removable pin.
Roberston dataset, imported by J. Mairat. IARCH dataset, AHRC funded University of Leicester and British Museum project. Imported and edited by M. Spoerri (June 2019 / Nov. 2024). Updated by C. Gazdac (Oct. 2025).
