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Record ID: FAKL-8DB8DB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A copper-alloy coin, probably an Iron Age unit of the North Thames region / Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, dating to the period AD 10-40, 'Cunobelinus Bull Sacrificing' type. Obverse: A Pegasus right, [CV] above, [NO] below. Reverse: Victory stabbing a bull right, [TASCI] below. cf. ABC, p. 141, no. 2972; BMC 1913-1919 Diameter 12.6mm, Mass 1.32g
Created on: Monday 23rd September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 3rd October 2019
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Record ID: FAKL-BE2E5A
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Fragment of a Late Iron Age: Early Roman (100BC-AD100) copper alloy terret. One side survives; this includes part of the fixing bar and two 16.2mm diameter, decorative discs, one of which bears, on one face, two incised 'wing' motifs which are likely to have originally contained enamel inlay. The better preserved 'wing' may have contained a raised pellet. The ring has a diameter of 4.8mm and the section between the discs bears a 2.0mm wide, transverse notch and a 3.0mm diameter indentation, both of which are likely to have contained enamel. Length 54.0mm, Width 33.4mm, Mass 20.85g. …
Created on: Wednesday 15th May 2019
Last updated: Friday 24th May 2019
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Record ID: FAKL-90E657
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Cast copper alloy 'strap fastener' or 'baldric hook' of late Iron Age date, c. 100BC-AD100. The fastener consists of a ring, with a 7.2mm diameter, circular section. On one face of this is a 9.7mm high, projecting stud with a waisted section topped by a 16.0mm diameter disc. Parallels for this object have been found at Camerton, Somerset (Jackson, 1990, 77, No. 81, pl 11) and Coleford, Gloucestershire (Stead, 2006, 180-181, No. 128, Fig. 82). Diameter 37.9mm, Thickness 7.2mm, Mass 39.18mm.
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
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Record ID: FAKL-CB7B29
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Iron Age Silver unit of the "Monnaies-a-la-croix" type, c. 200-118 BC, Obverse: head with flamboyant hair, apparently facing left, traces of highly stylised face are perhaps present. Reverse: cross in high relief, sharply defined with a pellet in three of its angles and a device made up of angled lines in the fourth angle. These coins were produced in the Languedoc region of southern France in the second century BC and are, as such, usually attributed to the Volcae Arecomici (and/or Volcae Tectosages). Only 4 or 5 of these coins have been found in Britain. Diameter 15.4mm, Thickne…
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th October 2018
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Record ID: FAKL-BC362B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Silver Iron Age unit of the Western Region Dobunni, dating to the period AD 20-43 issued by the ruler Antedios. Cottam et al.'s 'Anted silver unit' (ABC 2072) with reverse featuring the ruler's name.Obverse: highly stylised profile face the hair represented by two rows of close-set pellets. Reverse: Triple tailed horse, advancing left, mane made up of close set pellets, pellets in front and behind horse, above the horse is the inscription [an] TED. Diamter 13.2mm, Mass 0.51g.
Created on: Friday 14th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 18th September 2018
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Record ID: FAKL-FB5DF6
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age bronze socketed axe of 'Sompting type'. The axe was cast in a two part mould and flash lines marking the junction of the two parts run down both sides. These had been partly smoothed after casting. The body of the axe has a rectangular section with a heavy moulding around the socket opening. Below this,the faces are marked with three transverse ribs, there is a single rib across one of the sides, the other face bearing the loop. This has suffered some damage but appears to have had a flattened lozenge section. The loop springs from two transverse ribs…
Created on: Monday 20th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 25th November 2021
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Record ID: FAKL-AFDECD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
An uninscribed North Eastern (Corieltavi) gold stater, Sunflower type, phase 6, circa 45 - 10 BC. ABC 1737. BMC 3146. VA 809-1.
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
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Record ID: FAKL-19312B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Iron Age strap fitting consisting of three linked 'petal bosses' each containing an annular setting surrounded by a deep groove. In the centre of each setting is a ring of what appears to white champlevé enamel surrounding a circular setting containing pale green glass. Between the petal bosses is a 'muzzle' motif which expands from a 'plump' to a 'slender' form. Beneath the muzzle is a rectangular plate one edge of which is grooved. The face of this plate bears three circular marks which may have contained dark green enamel inlay. On the underside of the mount is a single, integrall…
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th December 2016
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Record ID: FAKL-32776E
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Iron Age or early Roman, c. 150BC-AD100, button and loop fastener, the loop being missing. The 'button' consists of a transverse, round sectioned bar which bears two deep, circumferential grooves, one each side of the loop junction. The joining bar was round sectioned and one side of the junction is marked by neat chamfers. On each side of the bar is an incised, circumferential, line. Both ends bear a disc-like mouldings, their inner edges marked by circumferential incised lines. These discs both have two flattened sides, the flattening does not appear to be a result of wear. The ends…
Created on: Friday 28th October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
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Record ID: FAKL-2DBFF8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Celtic silver coin of the Corieltauvi, British North Eastern type. The obverse bears a stylised horse, facing left, it has no mane and a long, simple, tail. Above the horse is a ring of pellets. Four further, individual pellets, each set within a raised ring, are placed above the horse's tail, under its belly, in front of its chest and above its head. Beneath the horse is a line of small pellets. On the reverse is the figure of a boar at 6 o'clock, little detail can be seen of this suggesting that it was struck from a very worn die. The coin is slightly dished. Diameter 16.0mm, Mass 1…
Created on: Thursday 17th December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 17th December 2015
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Record ID: FAKL-DF1B1B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Iron Age copper alloy 'core' for a gold-plated stater, probably roughly copying a stater of the Corieltavi / North Eastern region, dating to c. AD1 -50. The obverse shows a horse left with a pellet and ring to left; little else is visible. The reverse is effaced / obscured by corrosion. It is not possible to find a precise parallel, although the style of the horse, with three linked pellets to its left, is similar to ABC (Rudd), p. 101, no. 1971 passim. Diameter 17.9mm, Masss 2.69g.
Created on: Friday 14th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 18th August 2015
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Record ID: FAKL-BE9154
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Iron Age fitting, semi-cylindrical, cast copper alloy, one face open, its ends slightly expanded. On one edge is a flat projection, its tip turned to form a hook. A similar hook may have been lost from the other edge. The outer face is decorated with two grooves around each end which are separated by a circumferential rib. These elements are angled so as to give the ends a lipped appearance. The central section of the cylinder bears two arcs, set circumferentially and converging to form a curved 'X'. Length 20.7mm, Diameter 11.2mm, Section thickness 1.3mm, Hook 6.6mm wide, Mass 2.49g.…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sotby', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: FAKL-F00166
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Button and loop faster, cast copper alloy, Roman. Triangular, round sectioned loop attached to the head by an angled bar. Head in the form of three conjoined discs (one missing, one incomplete). The underside of these is hollow and they may have accommodated a missing element. A spike-like fitting projects from the central disc and projects through the side of the angled bar. Length 23.2mm, Width 17.0mm, Height 15.4mm, Mass 6.84g. While differing in detail this button and loop fastener may be best compared to Wild's Class 1 although it had three bosses rather than two. Wild saw thi…
Created on: Sunday 22nd September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Womersley', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: FAKL-549B93
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Piece of gold casting waste, one side hammered and flat, the other bearing what look like parallel chisel marks. Dimensions 7.4 x 8.5 x 2.3mm, Weight 0.94g.
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2013
Last updated: Friday 27th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Ferriby', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: FAKL-548547
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Piece of gold casting waste, bun-shaped (plano-convex) its upper surface bearing cooling cracks and it lower surface irregular. 10.2 x 9.6mm x 4.4mm thick, Weight 3.17g.
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2013
Last updated: Friday 27th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Ferriby', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: FAKL-545867
Object type: WIRE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Fragment of gold wire, flat section 1.4 x 0.6mm, now bent, Length (extended) 26.8mm, Weight 0.27g.
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2013
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Ferriby', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: FAKL-543387
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Pellet of gold, irregular ball shape, surface pitted, 6.2 x 4.4 x 4.2mm, Weight 1.18g
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2013
Last updated: Friday 27th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Ferriby', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: FAKL-FCD5C7
Object type: STUD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: York
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Cast copper alloy stud, top cup-shaped and with traces of red and blue enamel in its hollow top. On the under side of the cup is a truncated shank, 4.5mm diameter x 3.2mm long. Objects like this occur in Iron Age contexts with parallels from Dinorben, Abergele, Denb. (Savory 1976, Fig 35, 8-10).
Created on: Wednesday 25th July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fulford', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: FAKL-38D115
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Socketed axe of bronze type but made from wrought iron. Loop on one side of axe, slightly angled. Blade expanded, curved cutting edge 65.5mm wide, length 110.0mm, thickness (maximum) 40.8mm. Mouth oval and flared from the body of the axe, socket shallow in comparison to those seen on bronze axe, depth 50.0mm. Unlike a bronze axe the bottom of the socket is marked by a change in section, the blade being thinner below the socket. The side of the axe bearing the loop is curved while the back is straight. Now heavily coated in lacquer but appears stable.
Created on: Saturday 10th December 2011
Last updated: Sunday 29th July 2012
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Record ID: FAKL-A640D5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Silver Celtic stater of the Corieltauvi, O. DVMNOC R. TIGIR SENO
Created on: Wednesday 9th November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Ferriby', grid reference and parish protected.


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