Record ID: DOR-54D2DB
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A worn but complete cast copper-alloy strap junction dating to the period. It comprises three conjoined loops arranged in a triangular shape.Set centrally between the two upper loops and above the bottom loop is a highly stylised, elongated human head. The head is convex with hollow reverse and crudely rendered,with a brow and nose ridge, slight indentations for the eyes and a small line for the mouth. It is oval in outline. he loops are D shaped in cross section and of similar diameters (approximately 10 mm). Date: Late Iron Age to Early Roman c. 100 BC to AD 100 Dimensions: 30.16 …
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: DEV-45BBCD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper alloy stater (uninscr.), dating to c. 50 BC- AD 40. (South Western) Durotriges, BMC nos. 2790-2859. VA 1290.
Created on: Friday 4th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 4th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stinsford CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-453A57
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age base silver stater (uninscr.), dating to 20 BC-10 AD. (South Western) Durotriges, ABC no. 2169, BMC 2563-2568. VA 1235.
Created on: Friday 4th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 4th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Powerstock CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-5880D9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy bow brooch. A Colchester one-piece type. The bow, wings and one coil of the integral pin only remaining. At the head are two small, flat wings. Drawn from the rear of the head is the coil of the integral sprung pin mechanism. Also extending from the rear of the centre of the head is a tapered forward hook which probably housed the missing chord of the pin mechanism. The bow is arched from the head and has a rounded rectangular cross section. It tapers to a sharply pointed foot. There is a stub of a catchplate behind the lower part of the bow. No decoration r…
Created on: Monday 24th July 2017
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: DOR-06F291
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver stater of the British Iron Age. A South Western (Durotrigian) uninscribed stater. Stylised wreath on the obverse and a stylised horse on the reverse. Date: Late Iron Age- circa 50 BC - AD 10 Diameter: 18.27 mm Weight: 3.46 g
Created on: Thursday 20th July 2017
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: WILT-4C42EB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Iron Age to Roman Colchester one-piece brooch dating to the period AD 25-60. The brooch is missing the spring mechanism, the ends of the wings, the pin and most of the catchplate. The head of the brooch consists of two wings, both of which are damaged. From the centre of the wings a folded element curves backwards to create a loop above the head which would have held the spring, now missing. There is a further broken curved projection from the centre of the wings beneath the head. The bow is D-shape in cross-section and tapers slightly towards the foot.Th…
Created on: Tuesday 11th July 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd August 2017
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Record ID: SF-3A4ADD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver late Iron Age uninscribed 'Cranborne Chase' type stater struck for the Durotriges of the south-western region, dating c. 60-40 BC. ABC 2157, c.f WILT-AE673B.
Created on: Monday 10th July 2017
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheselbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-B8C215
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy bow brooch. A Colchester one-piece type. The bow, wings and coils of the integral pin only remaining. At the head are two small, flat wings. Drawn from the rear of the head are the coils of the integral sprung pin mechanism (half of which is broken off but present). There are four and a half coils on the side still attached to the brooch. The broken element has three coils and extends into the remnant of the pin. Also extending from the rear of the centre of the head is a tapered forward hook which probably housed the missing chord of the pin mechanism. Ther…
Created on: Tuesday 4th July 2017
Last updated: Friday 7th July 2017
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Record ID: DOR-B856D1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver quarter stater of the British Iron Age. A South Western (Durotrigian) uninscribed stater. Geometric design on the reverse. Reference: Hobbs cf. no 2749 Date: Late Iron Age- circa 50BC - AD 10 Diameter: 10.68 mm Weight: 1.08 g Die axis: 3
Created on: Tuesday 4th July 2017
Last updated: Friday 7th July 2017
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Record ID: CORN-41F6E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy stater of South Western uninscribed type, probably minted by the Durotriges of Dorset and Somerset in the first century AD. British Museum Catalogue Type: 2790; ABC 2175; Van Arsdell Type: 1290-1, which is dated from 30 BC to AD 10, but current thinking now dates them from the first half of the 1st century AD. The style of these coins derive originally from Gallo-Belgic gold staters which were copying Greek gold staters in circulation at the time, with the head of Apollo on the obverse, and a horse and chariot on the reverse. The evolution of this coin's design is: …
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2017
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Record ID: DEV-FB5AB5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age La Tene I brooch, probably dating to c. 400-200 BC. The surviving brooch comprises of the bow and partial spring, with the foot, pin and part of the spring all missing. At the head of the brooch is an integral spring coiled around a copper alloy axis bar, a fragment of which survives in situ. Two left coils of the spring survive, with the chord, any further coils and pin all missing. The head of the brooch survives to a width of 7.4mm, the coils being 8.2mm in diameter. Below the head of the brooch the chord of the spring thickens pronouncedly into a highl…
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2017
Last updated: Saturday 17th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheselbourne CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-AE673B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Iron Age (58 BC - AD 43) British South Western (Durotrigic) uninscribed base silver Cranborne Chase stater. VA 1235-1, BMC 2525-46, ABC 2157.
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2017
Last updated: Monday 5th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winborne St Giles', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-B097A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver uninscribed South-Western quarter stater of Duro Boat Bird type, minted by the Durotriges tribe (Rudd, 2010, p.112, no.2208) dating from c.58 BC onwards. The obverse design is 'three men in a boat', The reverse design is a stylised zig-zag thunderbolt with a Y-shaped object on either side of it and two other indeterminate shapes, but the one to the right is referred to as a bird by Van Arsdell (see below). Rudd ascribes this type to the Durotriges tribe, whose territory was approximately the area covered more recently by Anglo-Saxon Wessex, centred on Maiden Castle and Dorchest…
Created on: Thursday 4th May 2017
Last updated: Saturday 6th May 2017
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Record ID: WILT-3D7A85
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Iron Age stater of the Durotriges (South Western) dating to the period c. 58 BC - AD 43. Hod Hill type. Cf. ABC. no 2175.
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 29th March 2017
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Record ID: DOR-FF12E5
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Piddletrenthide, Dorset: The six coins are all ancient British gold staters dating to the first half of the first century BC. All are of the same type, class I coinage, (c.80-50 BC), gold Staters: abstract wreathed head / reverse abstract horse right, with numerous large pellets, 'eye' with pellet border behind (ABC 515; Sills 457-9; BM cf. 1986,0413.1-2). Sills type 457-9 is regarded by John Sills as probably the earliest British gold coinage. Weights (in plate order): 1) 6.63g; 2) 6.45g; 3) 6.42g; 4) 6.49g; 5) 6.33g; 6) 6.45g
Created on: Wednesday 8th March 2017
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Piddletrenthide', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-7E8172
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy stater of South Western uninscribed type of the Durotrigian tribe of Dorset, British Museum Catalogue Type: 2819; Van Arsdell Type: 1290-1, which is dated from 30 BC to AD 10, but current thinking now dates them from the first half of the 1st century AD. The style of these coins derive originally from Gallo-Belgic gold staters which were copying Greek gold staters in circulation at the time, with the head of Apollo on the obverse, and a horse and chariot on the reverse. The evolution of this coin's design is: Gallo-Belgic C (imported, early first century BC) to British A …
Created on: Thursday 2nd March 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 8th March 2017
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Record ID: SOM-ECA1D6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age base silver stater (uninscr.), dating to 20 BC - AD 40. (South Western) Durotriges, ABC no. 2169, BMC, plate 84-85, nos. 2670, 2674, 2680. Green blooms of copper alloy corosion are visible in several places on the surface of the flan.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2017
Last updated: Friday 17th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spetisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-CD6D3D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron age copper alloy unit, possibly of the Durotribes tribe dating from c.58 BC - AD 43. The coin is very worn, and is an irregular circular shape.
Created on: Monday 16th January 2017
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2017
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Record ID: BUC-CCFBC5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron age silver stater of the Durotribes tribe dating from c.58 BC - AD 43. Part of the mainstream series, probably spread tail type. On the obverse there are three deep scratches. ABC 2160, VA 1238, BMC 2706.
Created on: Monday 16th January 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2017
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Record ID: BUC-CBEC9E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron age silver stater of the Durotribes tribe dating from c.58 BC - AD 43. Part of the mainstream series, Cranborne Chase type. ABC 2157, VA 1235-1, BMC 2546, S 365.
Created on: Monday 16th January 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2017
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