Treasure Annual Report 1998-1999 - Portable Antiquities Scheme

to be a miniature version. Miniature objects deposited
as votive offerings are often found on temple sites.
Note: See Treasure Annual Report 1997–98, no. 19.
Disposition: Disclaimed; returned to finder.
G R BURLEIGH
32 Sutton on Derwent, East Yorkshire: Roman gold
earring
(Fig. 32)
Date: Late 2nd–3rd century AD
Finder: Humber Wetlands project.
Date of discovery: May 1998
Circumstances of discovery: Found during work by
the Humber Wetlands project and submitted via the
Yorkshire Museum.
Description: A Roman gold earring of Allason-Jones
type 11 (Lindsay Allason-Jones, Ear-rings in Roman
Britain, Oxford, 1989). The gold box-setting is
rectangular and contains emerald-green glass.
Surrounding the setting is a crimped gold flange. The
wire, which has been slightly straightened, is soldered
to the centre of the box-setting base.
Dimensions: Total length: 25 mm; setting: 11 x 8.5
mm; weight: 1.32g.
Note: Approximately 84 per cent for gold. See
Treasure Annual Report 1997–98, no. 17.
Disposition: Hull and East Riding Museum
Valuation: No reward payable, because the object was
found by archaeologists.
(fig. 32) Sutton on Derwent
C M JOHNS
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Roman Artefacts
33 Tendring District, Essex: Roman gold earring
(Fig. 33)
Date: 3rd century AD
Finder: Mr S Keeble
Date of discovery: 22 May 1999
Circumstances of discovery: While searching with a
metal-detector.
Description: The earring is made of a circle of thick
gold wire and is decorated with three groups of
grooved lines. It weights 1.27g. This example is dated
to the 3rd century AD.
Note: Approximately 70 per cent for gold
Disposition: Colchester Museums
Valuation: £125
(fig. 33) Tendring District
34 West Lavington, Wiltshire: Roman silver pin
fragment
P J WISE
Date: Roman
Finder: Mr B King
Date of discovery: 20 September 1998
Circumstances of discovery: While searching with a
metal-detector.
Description: The head and a short section of the shaft
of the pin survive. Total length: 16 mm. Diameter of
head: 7 mm. Weight: 1.5g. The metal has not been
analysed, but its colour, weight and patina are typical
of silver. Metal hairpins with roughly spherical heads
were common throughout the Roman period.