Corbridge.Northumberland. UK 🇬🇧

New lorica segmentata : corbridge type b

Corbridge. Northumberland. UK

The quiet little town of Corbridge in Northumberland

Lorica Segmentata type Corbridge A (Left) vs Corbridge B (Right)

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'A treasure trove of 160 gold coins (aureus) recovered from the floor of a Roman house in Corbridge, England. It had 2 bronze coins on it to confuse the target and hide the most valuable treasure. But 160 coins inside the skillfully hidden bronze jug were also unearthed. The…

Today we remember PC Joseph Carroll of Northumberland Police. He was killed in 2006 when a prisoner he was escorting attacked him causing his police car to crash.We erected our memorial on the A69 in Corbridge Northumbria Police NorthumbriaPolFed #HonouringThoseWhoServe #PoliceFamily

A treasure trove of 160 gold coins (aureus) recovered from the floor of a Roman house in Corbridge, England.

It had 2 bronze coins on it to confuse the target and hide the most valuable treasure. But 160 coins inside the skillfully hidden bronze jug were also unearthed.

The…

ROMAN GOLD RING FROM HADRIAN’S WALL -

This intricate gold finger ring was found at Corbridge Roman Town. It is made of almost 12 grams of gold and has 16 facets, decorated with openwork peltas (crescent shapes) and a Greek inscription, ΠΟΛΕΜΙΟϒ ΦΙΛΤΡΟΝ, which translates as 'the…

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These 160, Aureus Coins (164 AD), were found below the floor of a Roman house in Corbridge in 1911. They were stored in a bronze jug, their true value hidden by 2 bronze coins wedged in its neck.

When the jug was lifted out of the ground, the weight of the gold broke it,…

And now for something completely different!

Roman Lorica segmentata, reconstructed on the left and original remains on the right. 1st century AD. Part of the 'Corbridge Hoard' from UK.

Coolest looking #armour ever?

Un tesoro escondido de 160 monedas de oro (aureus) recuperadas del suelo de una casa romana en Corbridge, Inglaterra.
Tenía 2 monedas de bronce para confundir al objetivo y ocultar el tesoro más valioso.
También se desenterró una jarra en la que se encontraban monedas de varios…

A relatively recent, but real favourite, Kevin Day (b.1973) … this one’s titled ‘Side (Newcastle)’ and is currently residing at Corbridge’s Wallington Gallery see 👉 rb.gy/5zcbr

The Dyvels, Corbridge. A warm welcome awaits you.

Couldn't resist this picture of the light of the west windows of St. Andrew's church, Corbridge, streaming through the complete #Roman arch taken from the adjacent Roman town of Corstopitum.
#Roman SiteSaturday

St. Andrew’s Church, Corbridge. My watercolour.

Reconstruction of a Corbridge B lorica segmentata, viewed from the rear.

This could be mistaken for an 18thC Gravestone. The young girl who was buried under this stone was called Vellibia Ertola, who the inscription tells us lived happily for 4 years & 6 days. She is shown playing with a ball. Velibia’s short life was at Roman
Corbridge in the 2ndC AD