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More Roman and Iron Age finds in the North West

The objects featured here were all found by local metal detecting enthusiasts, including members of the West Kirby Metal Detecting Club, within the past few years and recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme based at National Museums Liverpool. Roman finds are fairly common whereas finds from the Iron Age period are unusual.

both sides of a roman coin

Roman Republican denarius, 50 BC (Wirral)

Two views, one front and one side, of a roman brooch. The front is decorated in colour with orange and white.

‘Wirral’ type Roman bow brooch, 2nd century AD (Cheshire)

A brooch resembling the shape of a trumpet.

Roman ‘trumpet’ type brooch, late 1st-2nd century AD (Cheshire)

A piece of roman pottery used as a lamp with a hole in the centre

Roman Pottery lamp (Cheshire)

A brooch with colour squares at the centre. At the top it is a rectangular shape which progresses into a curved tail

‘Wirral’ type Roman bow brooch, 2nd century AD (Liverpool)

A white bow brooch with a hoop at the top.

Roman bow brooch, late 1st–2nd century AD (Cheshire)

Two sides of a roman coin. The front has an engraving of a the Emporer Theodosius with writing around the edges.

Bronze 'nummus' of Emperor Theodosius 379-395 AD (Cheshire)

A gray sword scabbard from the Iron Age.

Iron Age sword scabbard circa 200 BC (Cheshire)

West Kirby Metal Detecting Club

The following four Roman finds were discovered by members of the West Kirby Metal Detecting Club. Many thanks to them for granting permission to include these important finds.

A roman brooch in an aqua-blue colour.

Roman bow brooch, late 1st-2nd century AD (Wirral)

A roman plate brooch. It is oval in shape with a centre of emerald and and edge of brown and gold

Gilded Roman plate brooch, 2nd century AD (Wirral)

Part of a roman clothes fastener

Part of Roman clothes fastener (Wirral)

A silver coin. One side has an engraved picture of the Emperor Constantius the 2nd and the other side has two guards

Bronze 'nummus' coin of Emperor Constantius II, 323-361 AD (Wirral)