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Belt buckle

This large bronze buckle was probably from the belt of an of…
Boars' tusk pendant

This pendant is made from a pair of boar tusks, originally j…
Bronze bowl

This fine bronze dish was found with other Roman material in…
Bronze figurine of Aesculapius

The figure is Aesculapius, son of Apollo and Coronis, and th…
Bronze handle in the shape of a bird

This bronze bird head was once part of a shallow metal bowl …
Bronze oil flask

This finely cast oil flask was part of a set of bath impleme…
Child's shoe

This small shoe, from a waterlogged deposit in London, proba…
Colour-coated pot

Fine table wares with smooth, shiny surface slips, often dec…
Cosmetic grinder

This small bronze implement is one part of a two-piece set w…
Dragonesque brooch

The 'dragonesque' form of this brooch is typically Romano-Br…
Floor tile

The sketch appears to show a pharos , a Roman lighthouse. Tw…
Glass beaker

This beaker is a fine example of a high-quality vessel made …
Gridiron

Cooking in Roman Britain was often done over charcoal fires …
Iron axe-head

This is the iron head from a very large military axe of extr…
Iron cauldron hanger

This is the upper part of an iron chain assembly used to sus…
Iron hipposandal

Nailed horseshoes were known but rarely used by the Romans. …
Iron plough coulter

The coulter was a technical innovation introduced to Britain…
Iron window grille

Ironwork grilles were commonly used in the Roman world to pr…
Lead curse (defixio)

The wishing of ill-health, or worse, on a person is typical …
Lead pig (ingot)

Lead was widely used in the Roman world, both as a constitue…
Lead tank

This lead tank is one of three found at Icklingham, where an…
Mosaic from a Roman villa

The Roman villa at Abbots Ann, near Andover, was discovered …
Oculist's stamp

This small stone stamp was used for marking semi-solid stick…
Pair of dragonesque brooches

This pair of dragonesque brooches has enamelled decoration i…
Pottery face-urn

Cremation was the usual burial rite in the earlier Roman per…
Samian ware bowl

The graffiti, inscribed around the underside of the bowl, re…
Square silver dish

This dish was found in 1839. Though it is tempting to assume…
Steelyard weight

This bronze weight (1200 g), for a statera , or steelyard, h…
The Bank of England mosaic

This floor of a small square room was the first Romano-Briti…
The Snettisham Hoard

These are the crown jewels of Norfolk of over 2000 years ago…
Tombstone of a soldier's daughter

The name of the woman is missing from this broken tombstone.…
Tombstone of a young boy, Marcus Cocceius Nonnus

This tombstone was found in 1828 about 200 metres north of t…
Tombstone of Volusia Faustina

The woman depicted in the left-hand portrait bust, wearing a…
Wooden writing-tablet

This is part of a writing-tablet made of fir wood. On the in…
A wooden writing-tablet

The exterior of this tablet has been branded with a circular…
Britannia on a copper coin of Hadrian

Modern British coins often feature the figure of Britannia, …
Altar

This large and highly-decorated altar, made of Cumbrian red …
Altar to Neptune

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

This bowl was found in a peat bog near Cumlangan Castle in s…
Bronze figurine of a gladiator

This figurine shows a heavily-armed gladiator, wearing a loi…
Bronze helmet

This helmet was found during the digging of the Grand Juncti…
Bronze knife-handle in the form of a charioteer

The charioteer wears a short tunic, a helmet and protective …
Bronze military diploma

This official certificate is inscribed on two joining bronze…
Bronze pan made by Boduogenus

This beautiful bronze vessel was made by a Celtic craftsman …
Bronze shield boss

This boss is from the centre of an auxiliary shield. It is l…
Bronze statuette of a ploughman with a team of oxen

Despite appearances, this statuette is probably not intended…
Bronze statuette of Mars

This accomplished casting, enlivened with silver inlay, is t…
Bronze steelyard (statera) with lead weights

Steelyards were in common use in the Roman world, especially…
Bronze steelyard weight

This weight, for a statera , or steelyard, is in the form of…
Building-stone

The inscription LEG II AVG is marked both on and below a mil…
Carved bone hairpin

This long pin was designed to decorate a hairstyle like the …
Cavalry combat helmet

The helmet would have protected the wearer's head with an in…
Cavalry helmet

This thin bronze helmet has embossed and lightly engraved de…
Cavalry sports helmet

In 1796 a clogmaker's son, playing behind his father's house…
Dedicatory plaque

The inscription has been punched onto a bronze plaque. It is…
Flanged silver bowl and cover from the Mildenhall treasure

This bowl is the earliest vessel in the Mildenhall treasure,…
Flanged silver bowl from the Mildenhall treasure

Bowls of this shape were popular in late-Roman table service…
Fluted silver bowl from the Mildenhall treasure

Large bowls of this type were evidently intended to hold wat…
Fragments of painted plaster

These fragments appear to have been part of an inscribed fri…
Gilded copper statuette of Hercules

This large gilded statuette of Hercules, wearing a lion-skin…
Gilded spoons from the Thetford treasure

These gilded spoons formed part of a remarkable hoard of lat…
Gladiator figurine of bone or ivory

This figurine depicts a gladiator of the heavily-armed murmi…
Gladiator's helmet

This heavy bronze helmet originally had a tinned surface, gi…
Glass bowl and flagon

The tall flagon in amber-coloured glass and the blue-and-whi…
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…
Gold buckle from the Thetford treasure

This gold belt buckle is part of a remarkable hoard of late-…
Gold ring

This ring has an inscription in Greek reading 'POLEMIOU PHIL…