II. Finds Reported under the Portable Antiquities Scheme

• Published in: Britannia (Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies) 2012-11, Vol.43, p.355-393
• Main Authors: Worrell, Sally, Pearce, John
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Coins; Historic artifacts; Iconography; Roman Britain in 2011
• ISSN: 0068-113X; 1753-5352
• DOI: 10.1017/S0068113X12000463

INTRODUCTION The Portable Antiquities Scheme was established in 1997 as an initiative to record archaeological objects found by members of the general public and was extended to the whole of England and Wales in 2003.1 Surveys of Roman period finds recorded by the PAS have been published in Britannia annually since 2004. OVERVIEW Almost 25,000 artefacts of Roman date were recorded on the PAS database in 2011, a figure that, as in previous years, includes those finds to which a date has been attributed that spans the late Iron Age and early Roman period. Table 1 shows the number of Roman non-ceramic artefacts recorded on the database by county and grouped by PAS region, as well as the two numerically most significant categories of finds, coins and brooches.2 This abbreviated form of reporting replaces the former scheme, in which all non-ceramic finds were presented in functional groupings. The reference number in brackets associated with each record is the PAS identifying find record.9 VALE OF GLAMORGAN (1) Fontygary, Rhoose (NMWPA 2011.215.1) (NMGW-C14CE7) (fig. 1).10 A hollow copper-alloy handle bearing animal and divine faces, near-complete, with some damage to the socket and crushing on one face.