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Astrolabe quadrant from Canterbury

This extremely rare instrument is likely to have belonged to…
Alabaster panel with a scene of the Martyrdom of St Thomas Becket

This alabaster panel shows Thomas Becket (?1118-70), Archbis…
Amuletic figure

This small, stylized female figurine is made from copper all…
Disc-on-bow brooch

The combined elements on this disc-on-bow brooch produce a r…
Gilt bronze strap-end

This unique strap-end is decorated with two animals in profi…
Gold disc pendant

This exceptionally fine small pendant would have been strung…
Gold pendant

This pendant is one of a pair found in a rich female grave w…
Iron axe-hammer

Axe-hammers are extremely rare finds from Anglo-Saxon Englan…
Ivory plaque depicting Christ in Majesty

This pointed oval plaque was discovered some time ago by the…
Pair of miniature gold buckles

Two pairs of bird's heads decorate each of these miniature g…
Pilgrim sign of St Thomas Becket

Thomas Becket (?1118-1170) was Chancellor of England and Arc…
Plated disc brooch

Brooches of this class are termed 'plated' because a smaller…
Silver and gold buckle decorated with a fish

The fish on this buckle is seen from above, with its head fa…
Silver gilt and garnet brooch with a runic inscription

The inscription is lightly scratched in runes on the back of…
Silver-gilt sword pommel

This spectacular pommel was found in 1861, together with a t…
Square-headed brooch

This brooch, although fragmentary, is a significant early ex…
Squat glass jar

This jar is thought to have come from a Christian burial nex…
Two silver gilt disc brooches

The larger of these two brooches bears three keystone-shaped…
Altar to Neptune

This limestone altar, dedicated to the sea-god Neptune, was …
Bronze bowl

This fine bronze dish was found with other Roman material in…
Bronze oil flask

This finely cast oil flask was part of a set of bath impleme…
Bronze pan

Shallow pans of this kind with handles are usually known by …
Finds from a Late Iron Age cremation burial

This 'bucket', jug and pan were placed in the grave of a Bri…
Fragments of painted plaster

These fragments appear to have been part of an inscribed fri…
Glass 'Felix' bottle

Glass bottles were mass-produced containers. The common squa…
Glass jug

This jug is a good example of the graceful form that is typi…
Jadeite axe-head

It is in pristine condition, and it is unlikely that it was …
Pair of dragonesque brooches

This pair of dragonesque brooches has enamelled decoration i…
Part of a wall painting from a Roman villa

This wall painting was found at Lullingstone, Kent, in the D…
Part of a wall painting from a Roman villa

This wall painting was found at Lullingstone, Kent, in the D…
Samian ware bowl

The graffiti, inscribed around the underside of the bowl, re…
Skull and crown of the 'Deal Warrior'

This headdress or crown was found on the head of a warrior b…
The Ringlemere gold cup

This fabulous and rare gold cup was found at Ringlemere in E…
Samuel Palmer, A Cornfield by Moonlight with the Evening Star, a watercolour with bodycolour and pen and ink

Palmer (1805-1881) began his career as an artist at an early…
Samuel Palmer, Drawing for The Bright Cloud, Indian ink with scratching out

Samuel Palmer (1805-81) was one of Britain's greatest artist…
Iron Age gold coin of Anarevito and Eppillus
Gold tremissis (shilling) of Eadbald of Kent

After the Romans withdrew from Britain in the early fifth ce…
Silver coin hoard from Appledore

In August 1997, metal detectorists Phil Collins, Bert Douch …
Floor tile

The sketch appears to show a pharos , a Roman lighthouse. Tw…
Roman coins reused as weights in an Anglo-Saxon balance

Gold and silver coins have an intrinsic value because they a…
Blue glass jar

This small, sturdy glass vessel is decorated with horizontal…
Samian ware pottery

As interest in Roman archaeology in Italy grew in the eighte…
Saintonge Jug

This jug is one of a group of pots and fragments retrieved f…

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