Record ID: ESS-00E3E5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy artefact dating to the Iron Age period, c. 50 BC-AD 50. The item appears to be part of a vessel or tankard handle. It is 'T' shaped in plan, an is comprised of a sub rectangular shaped tab, which is slightly convex, attached at the centre of one of the long edges to a knop at the centre of which is drilled hole (5.5mm) for attachment. The knop portion is sib-circular and features moulded relief along a portion of its length. This decorative element takes the form of three raised ridges terminating in a 90 step before meeting the (now thinner) knop surface). The …
Created on: Monday 4th May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: ESS-78ED13
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy Late Iron Age toggle or 'slider', dating to c. 50 BC - AD 160. The item is cylindrical in form with is slightly narrower at both ends. Each end comprises a raised collared terminal. When viewed from the side, the circular ends of the toggle feature concentric moulded ring designs, with a border of a thicker ring on the outside which is part of the collared terminal, and a smaller raised ring design in the centre. The body of the toggle features an oval perforation. The surface decoration comprises a swirling line and dot motif in the La Tene style, and there …
Created on: Friday 6th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
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Record ID: ESS-2EC14B
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy toggle of late Iron Age to Roman date c. 300 BC - 100 AD. The item is cylindrical with a bulbous central portion and two flat circular terminals. There is an intact attachment loop rising from the central portion of the body, though the void underneath is now filled with hardened soil containing oxidised iron remains. Opposite the attachment loop there is a circular indent into which a decorative enamel disc was likely fitted. This decoration is no longer present. The patina is mostly smooth and even, dark brown with some iron staining. Dimensions: weight…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th March 2018
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Record ID: ESS-85907C
Object type: STUD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy stud dating to the Iron Age period. The stud is sub spherical with a domed head and a flat base. The upper portion also shows raised relief moulding that takes the form of two globular mounds, each around 10mm in diameter, with sweeping curved ridges, reminiscent of an Iron Age decorative motif. Between the base of these mounds on one side, there appears to be punch decoration in a triangular shape, with the point of the trianle meeting the point at which the mounts touch at the apex of the stud. The base is flat and at the centre the remains of a stud ap…
Created on: Friday 10th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd January 2020
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Record ID: ESS-AC1646
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy harness or strap fitting, dating from the late Iron Age to early Romano-British period, c. 100 BC - AD 100. The fitting is in the form of a strap slider, and has a raised bar attached to the back with a rectangular void through which the strop would pass. The artefact is circular in shape and rectangular in cross section. It has openwork design as well as engraved relief work which defines two circles with a mirrored Celtic motif in each. The openwork is in the form of two teardrop shaped voids. These voids do not meet at their points; instead there is a thin ba…
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th November 2018
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Record ID: ESS-BF9326
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy probable fasetner, possibly button and loop style, dating from the late Iron Age to early Roman period, c. 100 BC - AD 150. There are no direct classification parallels for this item, though it is likely related to Wild (1970) type 1 button and loop fasteners. The item is comprised of three conjoined hemispherical lugs. On the top of each lug is moulded decoration in the form of a small raised circular grain with a circular border around it. The lugs are arranged in a triangular shape. Two of the hemispheres show evidence of the remains of an attachment lo…
Created on: Tuesday 18th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2020
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Record ID: ESS-BACFD0
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy strap union dating from the late Iron Age to early Roman period, c. 100 BC to AD 100. The item is formed of a central vertical row of three openwork circles, all 'D' shaped in section. From the circles at either end of the row emerge circular shaped tabs. These are perpendicular to the face of the openwork circles, and there are four in total; two on the upper circle, emerging on opposite sides, and two on the lower. Between the tabs on each side of the row of circles is a cylindrical bar that connects the two tabs on either side. This forms two strap bars at ei…
Created on: Monday 23rd November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 11th November 2021
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Record ID: ESS-BEE424
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age cast copper-alloy strap fitting dating to c. 70-50BC. The fitting is circular in plan and slightly pointed oval in section. The diameter of the main loop is 34.7mm, with an inner diameter of 18.5mm. Protruding from the loop is a cylindrical shaft of approx 7.0mm thickness on top of which and perpendicular to this is a circular stud with a diameter of 16.8mm. This circular stud is 3.9mm in thickness. Both around the outer rim of the main loop, and the outer rim of the smaller circular stud, there is a slightly raised moulded ridge delineated by a line above and below. The ridg…
Created on: Thursday 6th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2020
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Record ID: ESS-4D4CB9
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age coin hoard, 12th addenda to the Little Bromley Hoard (2005 T146). Artefact no Description Dimensions 1 An Eastern British Iron-Age gold stater of Addedomaros, struck between c. 45-25 BC. (ABC Type 2517). The obverse has three hollow crescents at the centre which are decorated to represent scallops. From these are six projecting arms to the edge of the coin. Each arm has a twisted rope appearance with a defining ridge marking the edge. Within the junction of each arm is a single pellet. …
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Bromley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-DBEBD6
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The Baddow hoard consists of 933 gold Iron Age coins and fragments of an associated container or vessel of uncertain form, as detailed below. The coins: All but 3 of the 933 coins in the hoard are British Iron Age gold coins of a single type. This is an uninscribed Eastern (North Thames) British Iron Age gold stater of ‘Whaddon Chase’ type ABC 2433, or rather a distinct group of coins of this type with a more easterly distribution identifiable by the dies used (Sills’ ‘Whaddon East’ type (Sills 2017 p.439)). These coins were produced in the North Thames …
Created on: Wednesday 7th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baddow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-2EE2B8
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy harness fitting of Iron Age date. The item is circular in shape and features a smaller circular bezel in the centre, supported by three arms each with collared terminals, connecting the central circle to the outer circle. The central boss likely contained a decorative setting which has since been lost. The underside of the central circular bezel and of the outer circular band are flat, giving the latter a 'D' shaped cross section. The circular bezel at the centre is hollow with a drilled circular hole in the centre. At each of the connection points of the…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th March 2018
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Record ID: ESS-4C0D26
Object type: COSMETIC SET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
​Cast copper-alloy complete cosmetic mortar and pestle (also known as a cosmetic set). The item is of late Iron Age/Early Roman age, c. 100 BC to AD 300. The artefact is zoomophic in form, featuring a bovine head at one end of the mortar. The remains of an end-loop can be seen positioned below the terminal of the mortar. The length of this item is unusually short. The bull-shaped head is made from a broadly pyramidal form, with a slight curving underside. There are curving horns emerging from the top. One of the horns is broken. The bow is seemingly undecorated, though ther…
Created on: Monday 16th October 2017
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2018
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Record ID: ESS-817AAD
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Two Iron Age gold coins; both Gallo-Belgic quarter staters struck in continental Europe (NE France) in the early to mid 2nd century BC. The coins can be summarised as: 1. Uninscribed Gallo-Belgic Aa2 quarter stater, Sills class 1b (ABC 28, VA 15.01) Obverse: Head right. Reverse: Stylised horse and charioteer right. Diameter: 13.5mm; weight: 1.79g. 2. Uninscribed Gallo-Belgic Aa2 quarter stater, Sills class 2b (ABC 28, VA 15.01) Obverse: Head right. Reverse: Stylised horse and charioteer right. Diameter: 13.6mm; weight: 1.74g. ABC = Cottam et al, Ancient British Coinage,…
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2017
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-4C11C6
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A Gallo-Belgic gold quarter stater (ABC type 40). Struck between 80-50 BC. Boat tree type. Addendum to previously reported Treasure case 2013 T256 (ESS-E8C5F5) Obverse shows a boat with two occupants. There is a single pellet between one of the figures and the prow of the boat. There are three crosses to the front of the prow on the flange of the coin. There is evidence of other decoration which may signify the suns rays. The reverse shows a tree like object. There are two pointed protrusions coming from the edge of the coin towards the trunk of the tree. Beneath the tree is…
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th November 2021
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Record ID: ESS-A69846
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age gold stater of the Trinovantes, late Whaddon Chase type. VA 1498, BMC 344, ABC 2338 'Big pellet type'. Dimensions: weight: 5.87g, diameter: 17.53mm, thickness: 2.94mm The obverse is plain with slight evidence of crossed wreaths. The reverse features a Romanised (i.e. Classical) horse facing right with a pellet below, a winged motif above and ovoid shapes in front of and behind the horse. The mane is dashed and the tail composed of a single line. Rudd has suggested that the general distribution of coins of this type across Essex and Suffolk and the die chain of them s…
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2017
Last updated: Friday 14th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Layer Breton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-846A33
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Number Description Obv Rev Dimensions 1 Gold stater of the Catuvellauni/Trinovantes, Early Whaddon Chase, rounded wing type, cf. ABC 2433 / BMC 295 Wreath, clock and crescents. Rounded wing motifs above wreath Horse facing right, possible wing motif above, pellet sun below w: 5.85g d: 17.39mm t: 2.98mm 2 Gold stater of Catuvellauni, Early Whaddon Chase, rounded wing type (as above) Very worn, looks very similar to design of…
Created on: Monday 6th February 2017
Last updated: Friday 14th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Layer Breton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-BB170B
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age gold stater of Addedomaros of the Catuvellauni. ABC 2517, VA 1620, BMC 2396 - 2404. Obverse features six armed wreath spiral with three crescents in the centre. Reverse features a horse facing right with pellets in front and cornucopia below. Dimensions: weight: 5.39g, diameter: 17.7mm, thickness: 3.44mm
Created on: Friday 17th March 2017
Last updated: Friday 14th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Bromley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-A03972
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A group of 3 Eastern British Iron Age gold coins (2 staters and 1 quarter stater) Coin 1 Iron Age (c. 30 - 10BC) Gold stater of Addedomaros (ABC 2517). Obverse: Six-armed wreath spiral, three crescents at centre.  Reverse:  Horse right Dimensions:  D: 16.65mm; Weight: 5.47g Coin 2 Iron Age (c. AD 10-40) Gold quarter stater of Cunobelin (ABC 2819). Obverse: [C]AM C[VN]:  Corn ear without central stalk, CAM to left, CVN to right.  Reverse:  CV[N]: Horse rearing right, dashes for mane, branch above, CVN below Dimensions:&nbs…
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2020
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Bromley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-EB04C7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold Iron Age uninscribed stater of the Corieltavi, dating to the first half of the 1st century AD. ABC type North East Coast 1716. Van Ardsell 800 1. Obverse depicts a wreath cloak and crescents. Reverse depicts disarticulated sinuous horse facing right with many pellets above
Created on: Thursday 21st February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st February 2019
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Record ID: ESS-9988A5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy coin of probable Iron Age date. Both faces are extremely worn. Obverse seems to depict a branch or leaf-like pattern. Reverse seems to depict a horse or other similar creature.
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2018
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