Lincolnshire Portable Antiquities Scheme

This week please enjoy an amazing silver gilt Roman brooch from Hemsworth! Here in the SWYOR office we have recorded over 1600 Roman brooches, but never one quite like this!

It is considered to be of regional importance because of the ornate decoration and the unusual design. It is a Polden Hill brooch but it does not fit neatly into any known sub-type.

It was discovered in 2022 in Hemsworth, Wakefield, and recorded on the PAS database by the Lincolnshire FLO. Because it is made of silver, it was declared as Treasure and Wakefield Museum plan to acquire it.

Few Roman artefacts have been discovered in Hemsworth, making this an important addition to the collection and helping us understand the history of Hemsworth. See
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/eWorA3Bl?utm_campaign=sharemodal&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=shortlink
for more information about why the museum plan to acquire the brooch and what they intend to do with it.

Yo can also read the PAS database entry here: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1067387


Wakefield Museum
West Yorkshire Historic Environment Record
Lincolnshire Portable Antiquities Scheme

This week's is a Roman mount in the form of the face of the god Bacchus.

The mount was probably fixed to a vessel. The youthful, plump appearance of the god's face is a common way of depicting Bacchus, who was the Roman god of wine and revelry. His earlier Greek counterpart was Dionysus.

The appearance of depictions of the Roman gods on finds brought into PAS demonstrate the spread of Roman pre-Christian religion through the Empire.

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1105062

A blog from our colleagues over the Humber on those lovely medieval Limoges style finds 😀 ❤️

This weeks is a cast copper-alloy twin-looped palstave axehead dating to the Middle Bronze Age (1200-1050 BC).

The object dates to the transitional period, when palstaves were beginning to replace earlier broad-bladed axeheads. The find is significant for Lincolnshire and the East of England, with twin-looped palstaves mainly occuring in western Britain.

Visit our display at the Museum of Lincolnshire Life to see this rare find up close!

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1262271

This week's is an early medieval silver sceat, dating to c. AD 720-745.

The coin is an anonymous issue, known as the 'lion-head reverse' type.

The obverse depicts a diademed bust besides a cross, and the reverse depicts a lion's head with a long, snake-like tongue.

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1271027

Dear all

Important PAS Website Update!

The new PAS website goes live on 6 July, and there is one important change to be aware of.

From then on, you will need to use your email address to log in. PAS is moving away from usernames, so your registered email address will become your new login.

To make sure you can access your account when the new site launches, please take a moment to check that the email address on your PAS account is correct and up to date.

You can do this by logging in and selecting edit account.

If your email address needs updating, please do this before 6 July to avoid any problems accessing your account. Thank you for helping us make the transition to the new website as smooth as possible.

With best wishes, the Lincs PAS team

This week’s is a medieval cast copper-alloy strap end, depicting a human figure in the orans position, dating to between the 11th to 12th century AD.

The object is openwork with the central image of a human figure wearing a tunic with his arms raised above his head with bent elbows. This gesture is known as the orans gesture which was used as a gesture of prayer prior to folded hands which became the dominant prayer gesture in the 12th century. The orans gesture appears to have been a pagan tradition.

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1247718

Our colleagues, the Historic Environment Officers, here at Lincolnshire Historic Places (team that includes the Lincolnshire Portable Antiquities Scheme), have been hard at work monitoring development on the site of a Roman settlement in Lincolnshire. Wessex Archaeology have uncovered some great finds!

This week's is an Iron Age uninscribed gold stater of the Corieltauvi tribe, dating to the period c. BC 60-20.

The imagery on this coin is heavily stylised, and features a wreath, cloak and crescents on the obverse, and a disarticulated horse, a sun, star and the arm's of a charioteer on the reverse.

The Corieltauvi occupied much of Lincolnshire and surrounding counties during the late Iron Age when England was home to a number of tribes such as Boudicca's famous Iceni tribe.

Horse's were integral to Iron Age communities at the time for every day trade and transport, and are often depicted in various forms of late Iron Age art, particularly on coins found across England.

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1263801

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June 2, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

This conference, aimed at a public audience and archaeologists interested in finds and landscape archaeology, will highlight the value of public finds for study and research. It will include speakers from across Europe, focusing on metal finds and drawing on a broad chronological period from prehistory to more modern times.

https://www.sal.org.uk/event/portable-antiquities/