Record ID: DOR-7D6391
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy mirror. The handle of a mirror which has been broken into two pieces. The handle comprises two loops separated by oval transverse collars and a bi-lobed involute looped slotted mount where the missing plate of the mirror was attached. The lower, terminal loop is sub-circular and the central loop is oval. They are separated by an oval collar. The frame is circular in cross section. At the top of the oval loop is a second oval collar separating it from the bi-lobed involute looped terminal. The loops of the terminal are open and have a lozengifor…
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: DOR-E14169
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver stater of the British Iron Age. South Western uninscribed (Durotrigian) type. Reference: ABC 2163 Date: Late Iron Age - c. 60 BC - AD 10 Diameter: 19.12 mm Weight: 4.62 g
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: DOR-06242D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Iron Age copper alloy stater of the British Iron Age dating to c. 20 BC to 50 AD. A South Western uninscribed (Durotrigian) type. A stylised wreath on the obverse and a pellets on the reverse. Struck on an irregular flan and incomplete. Reference:  similar to ABC 2175 Diameter: 20.64 mm Weight: 3.01 g
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
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Record ID: DOR-05CCB8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Iron Age silver quarter stater of the British Iron Age dating to c. 50 - 20 BC.A South Western (Durotrigian) uninscribed type. A "Badbury Starfish" type Reference: ABC 2220 Diameter: 12.91 mm Weight: 0.82 g  
Created on: Sunday 24th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2023
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Record ID: DOR-05B7E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Iron Age copper alloy stater of the British Iron Age dating to c. 20 BC to 40 AD. A South Western uninscribed (Durotrigian) type. A stylised wreath and pellets on the obverse and a pellets on the reverse. Reference: ABC 2175 Diameter: 17.70 mm Weight: 2.97 g  
Created on: Sunday 24th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2023
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Record ID: DOR-D91FBD
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A  fragment of copper alloy with a design on one surface. The design seems to be part of the reverse of a stater of the British Iron Age, South Western uninscribed (Durotrigian) type. It comprises a group of circular recesses and two crescent-shaped recesses below. This would be equivalent to the raised pellet and two raised crescents seen on such staters (the crescents being the belly of a stylised horse. This may be part of a coin die for manufacturing staters, or it could also be an impression of such a coin, perhaps to cast copies in a mould. Date: Possibly Late Iron Age - c. …
Created on: Friday 24th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 17th April 2023
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Record ID: DOR-A33BBB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Iron Age Gallo-Belgic quarter stater, dating to the period c.80-60 BC, Gallo-Belgic D / Boat Tree type. Obverse: Boat with two occupants? Pellet to left. Reverse: Tree-like motif, wedge shaped line to either side, forked line below.  The weight of this coin, combined with the pellet in obverse field and wedge shaped motifs in reverse field suggest that this is probably a Gallo-Belgic D rather than an insular British type. See Sills, 2017: p. 15, no. 25; ABC p. 29, no. 40; Scheers 13. Diameter: 10.88 mm Weight: 1.47 g
Created on: Monday 13th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Moreton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-F74F55
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A  base silver stater of the British Iron Age dating to c. 20 BC to AD 40. South Western uninscribed (Durotrigian) type. A stylised wreath on the obverse and a stylised horse on the reverse.  Date: Late Iron Age Diameter: 18.3 mm Weight:  3.77 g Die axis: 10
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 15th December 2022
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Record ID: DOR-F732BC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Iron Age copper alloy stater of the British Iron Age dating to c. 20 BC to 40 AD. A South Western uninscribed (Durotrigian) type. A stylised wreath on the obverse and a stylised horse on the reverse. Reference: ABC 2175 Diameter: 18.01 mm Weight: 2.75 g Die Axis: 10
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2023
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Record ID: DOR-D2CD87
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Iron Age silver stater of the British Iron Age dating to c. 60 BC to 10 AD. A South Western uninscribed (Durotrigian) type. A stylised wreath on the obverse and a stylised horse on the reverse.  Reference: ABC No. 2157 Diameter: 18.49 mm Weight: 2.68 g Die Axis: 11
Created on: Wednesday 5th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
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Record ID: DOR-42AC8F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Iron Age copper alloy stater of the British Iron Age dating to c. 20 BC to 40 AD. A South Western uninscribed (Durotrigian) type. A stylised wreath on the obverse and a stylised horse on the reverse. Reference: ABC 2175 Diameter: 17.12 mm Weight: 2.75 g Die Axis: uncertain
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 31st October 2022
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Record ID: DOR-429FA2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Iron Age copper alloy stater of the British Iron Age dating to c. 20 BC to 40 AD. A South Western uninscribed (Durotrigian) type. A stylised wreath on the obverse and a stylised horse on the reverse. Reference: ABC 2175 Diameter:17.15 mm Weight: 2.08 g Die Axis: 6
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 31st October 2022
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Record ID: DOR-148832
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Iron Age silver stater of the British Iron Age dating to c. 60 BC to 20 AD. A South Western uninscribed (Durotrigian) type. A stylised wreath on the obverse and a stylised horse on the reverse.  Reference: ABC Rudd's 'Cranborne Chase' type No. 2157 Diameter: 18.91 mm Weight: 5.52g Die Axis: 5
Created on: Monday 26th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 29th September 2022
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Record ID: DOR-0B1982
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy bow brooch, possibly part of a T-shaped type. All that remains is a short section of bow, broken at either end. One end is V-shaped in cross section, the other is D-shaped. There is an expanded, triangular knop in the middle which has a recess for enamel (also triangular). There is an incised line frame around the empty recess. Date: Roman - c.60 - 160 AD Dimensions: 17.96 mm x 8.83 mm x 3.02 mm Weight: 1.37 g This is probably part of a brooch similar to DOR-C26A4B. Similar brooches are recorded in Hattatt, R, 2000 A Visual Catalogue…
Created on: Sunday 25th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 29th September 2022
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Record ID: DOR-F6A53E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy 'La Tene I' style brooch dating to the early Iron Age, c. 400 - 200 BC.  One coil and the shaft of the pin are missing. The bow and pin are made in one piece. At the head are three coils and chord of the sprung pin mechanism, two at one side and one on the other, joined at the top by an arched chord. The bow of the brooch extends downwards from the coils and is deeply arched into a flat D-shape. It is thickly D-shaped in cross section and decorated on the front with a central, longitudinal line of stamped annulets flanked by longitudi…
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 22nd September 2022
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Record ID: DOR-DB0216
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy bow brooch. A late la Tène type. At the head is an integral four coiled spring with an external chord running underneath it. The spring is filled with iron corrosion product, probably from an iron axis bar. The pin is missing. The bow is a simple extension of the wire of the spring being not much thicker at the head and having an oval cross section. The bow tapers to a sharp, finely pointed foot. At the rear of the foot is the remnant of a hooked catchplate. Reference: Similar to Hattatt, R 2000 A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches, p …
Created on: Friday 25th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2022
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Record ID: DOR-C92F78
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small copper alloy mount. A possible end-cap for a knife or a decorative stud. The mount is a pointed oval in outline, flat at the base and deeply convex on the top. It is of solid metal with a projecting stub of iron inset in the flat base (the iron is possibly a stud or part of a knife tang and is sub-circular in cross section). The upper, convex surface of the mount is in the form of a stylised human head. At one of the points is a small, very stylised human face comprising two small ring-and-dot eyes set close together above a large triangular moulded nose, with a short, transve…
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
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Record ID: DOR-C8A935
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Iron Age silver stater of the British Iron Age dating to c. 60 BC to 20 AD. A South Western uninscribed (Durotrigian) type. A stylised wreath on the obverse and a stylised horse on the reverse. Reference: ABC Rudd's 'Cranborne Chase' type No. 2157 Diameter: 20.61 mm Weight: 4.72 g Die Axis: 8
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2022
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-86881A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy bow brooch. A Colchester type. The bow only remains. The pin and spring are missing. At the head of the bow is the remnant of one of the short wings at the rear of which is the stub of the integral sprung pin mechanism. At the top is the stub of the forward hook which would have secured the chord of the missing spring. The head is at a right angle to the bow. The bow tapers to a sharply pointed foot and has an oval cross section. It is undecorated. At the rear of the foot are the remnants of the catchplate. Very little of the catchplate remains. Date: Late…
Created on: Monday 21st March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2022
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Record ID: DOR-0CA441
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy bow brooch. The bow only of a La Tène I type. The bow and pin were wrought in one piece, the missing coils of the pin being drawn from the head of the brooch. The chord and pin are missing. The bow is thick and deeply arched with a sub-rectangular cross section. The rear of the bow has several ashallow, transverse grooves. At its base the bow narrows to the break and is decorated with a shallow transverse groove. Date: Iron Age - c. 400 - 200 BC Dimensions: 42.33 mm x 8.59 mm x 13.97 mm Weight: 5.71 g Reference: Hattatt, R, Visual Catalogue, p 288…
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2022
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