Record ID: SWYOR-A315B4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Iron Age or early Roman strap fitting or toggle, perhaps from a baldric or a platform terret, or used as part of a suite with a baldric, dating from about 100 BC - AD 100. The object has a circular plate which is decorated with incised lines. Two circles are joined by a reversed S scroll and each has another element extending from the circles too. There is basket-weave or basket hatching in the spaces. The edge of the design is missing owing to damage on the edge of the disc. The plate or disc is 13mm diameter and 2mm thick. There is an incised line border on th…
Created on: Monday 15th August 2022
Last updated: Friday 19th August 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-FDFD57
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age silver coin; a unit of British uninscribed North Eastern (Corieltavi) South Ferriby Boar type, dating to the period 50 - 20 BC. Simplified boar right on the obverse with a pellet behind and ring below. Stylised horse right reverse, with double upper front legs and a pelleted ring above. See ABC, p.94, no.1800. It is 14.1mm diameter, 1.1mm thick and 0.88g. There is a piece missing from the flan.
Created on: Monday 1st November 2021
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-FDD5B5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy Iron Age coin; a potin of Thurrock/ Kent Primary type, a potin / cast bronze unit of the Cantiaci dating from about 175 - 140 B.C. ABC type 120. Compare KENT-9582B0. It is 17.9mm diameter, 3.7mm thick and 2.8g. Obverse: helmeted head of Apollo left. Reverse: stylised butting bull right
Created on: Monday 1st November 2021
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-DF0DF2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy possible Iron Age or Roman tankard handle dating from about 300 BC - 200 AD. Only a fragment survives. It is openwork and in the form of two teardrop shaped loops, joined back to back, and both broken at the pointed ends. There is no decoration. The breaks are worn and patinated. The handle is curved. It is 43mm long, 19.4mm wide and 4mm thick. 9.15g. It has a well developed brown patina, which is light green where it is chipped. The object has been identified based on parallels such as LIN-96EDE3, BERK-17B0E2, HESH-B30272 and BH-38B0D6, but without any stylistic dec…
Created on: Friday 12th August 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 17th August 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-127E2A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Iron Age coin; an uninscribed North Eastern (Corieltauvi) silver unit, South Ferriby Daisy type, phase 6, circa 50 - 10 BC. Compare ABC 1806. The coin is 15.6mm diameter, 1.7mm thick, 1.07g. Part of the edge (including the head of the horse) is missing owing to edge chips. The flan is dished. Only vestigal traces of the design survive on the obverse. The coin could also be a silver half unit, similar to ABC 1833 (Allen ZA type).
Created on: Monday 27th June 2016
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-59E569
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver coin of uncertain date, possibly Iron Age but the designs are unclear and not currently identifiable. There is a possible quadruped on one face, and curved lines and pellets, as well as a crescent or letter C on the other face. The coin is 9.6mm diameter, 0.9mm thick and 0.39g. The coin is slightly smaller than ,ost Iron Age silver units or half units. Obverse: Possible quadruped left, vertical line above. Reverse: Curved symbol like a C, and a bracket shaped line {
Created on: Monday 6th June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 9th June 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-C9BB51
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Iron Age coin; an uninscribed North Eastern (Corieltauvi) silver half unit, probably a Boar/Horse type, phase 6, circa 50 - 10 BC. Compare ABC 1833. The coin is 12.9mm diameter, 1.84mm thick and 1.07g.
Created on: Wednesday 18th November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-F32983
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Late Iron Age to early Roman (AD 20-80) copper-alloy Colchester one-piece brooch missing the spring, pin and catchplate. The wings are rectangular in cross section and only part of the forward facing hook remains. The bow tapers from 4.8mm to 1.4mm at the foot and is oval in cross section. The catchplate is damaged. The brooch is 41.1mm long, 6.7mm wide and 22.3mm thick. 3.06g. It has a brown colour with patches of a bright turquoise patina in places. The brooch is similar to WILT-025937 and BERK-B77E52.
Created on: Sunday 8th November 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-C6BEED
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age coin, either a copper alloy core of a plated stater or a very coppery coloured gold stater. It is a North East Domino type attributed to the Corieltauvi and dating from 50 BC - AD 10 (Haselgrove period 2, phase 6). Compare ABC number 1758,SWYOR-9721B5 and LIN-AA2382. The coin is 19.9mm diameter, 2.2mm thick, and 4.28g. It is slightly dished. It is a coppery red/orange colour with some pitting but no patina. It is not clear whether it is gold or copper alloy from visual examination alone.
Created on: Tuesday 24th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 24th February 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-3AFD3E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A British Iron Age uninscribed gold quarter stater, an Eastern, "Ingoldisthorpe" type, dating from about 80 - 50 BC. One face of the coin displays a "three men in a boat" motif; the other face depicts a horizontal bar with a comb-like motif and radiating lines above. Compare ABC 2448, p.124 and CCI-31171. The coin is attributed to the Catuvellauni in ABC.
Created on: Tuesday 7th October 2014
Last updated: Sunday 10th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-E3B022
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age silver coin; a North Eastern Unit attributed to the Corieltauvi, probably a South Ferriby Boar type dating from 50 BC - 20 BC (Haselgrove Phase 6). The coin is irregularly shaped. It depicts a stylised boar facing right on the obverse, and a stylised horse facing right on the reverse. Compare ABC number 1800 (page 94) which corresponds to Van Arsdell numbers 875, 877-1 or BMC 3214-17. The coin is 17.16mm long, 13.87mm wide and 1.55mm thick. 1.28g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd July 2014
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-79F431
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age gold coin; a North eastern gold quarter stater (Lindsey Scyphate) attributed to the Corieltauvi, dating from about 60 BC - 20 BC. The coin is dish shaped and depicts a boar on the convex side and an S shape on the concave reverse. Compare ABC 1773 (BMC 3189-92). See also LIN-93F0E1.
Created on: Sunday 10th February 2013
Last updated: Saturday 12th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-4EC297
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead / tin rich copper alloy coin; an Iron Age Potin, probably Kentish (of the Cantii Tribe), probably Late Dump type, similar to Van Arsdell number 139-1. The coin probably dates from 40 - 35 BC. It shows a crude Celticized head of Apollo right on the obverse, and a celticized bull made up of straight lines on the reverse with a pronounced pellet in the centre of the coin.
Created on: Friday 8th February 2013
Last updated: Saturday 12th February 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-03BAC6
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy possible linch pin terminal of Late Iron Age or Early Roman date. It is a socket which is three quarters round in section and tapers from 16.84mm wide to 10.97mm at the apex. A moulded groove filled with a row of beading decorates the rim at the wider end. At the closed end, the socket bends to the side and has a solid terminal which points to the side and is semicircular in section. The flat reverse is open as if there was a separate flat back plate. The socket contains iron corrosion and has red brown patina.The identification of this object is not certain, but it has …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-BD6D46
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy unidentified object dating from the Iron Age. The object consists of a circular recessed area with a rivet hole in the centre. It has a raised rim, and at both ends is another rounded bar which are slightly curved. These are broken at both ends making the original object impossible to identify. However, the condition of the metal and the style strongly suggest an Iron Age date. It might be part of a strap junction or harness fitting.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-F96DE3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Iron Age coin; a stater of the Corieltauvi, Uninscribed coinage, South Ferriby type dating from 45 BC - 10 BC. The coin is either incomplete or was struck on a small oval flan. The obverse die is completely obliterated. Compare Van Arsdell number 811-3.
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-4B2DE2
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a copper alloy bracelet probably dating from the late Iron Age period (200 BC - 43AD). The bracelet would have been penannular. One terminal and some of the hoop survives. The terminal is D shaped in section. It is decorated with four wide grooves, each flaked with narrow collars and spaced out with thicker D shaped sectioned 'beads' between them. The rest of the bracelet is sub triangular in section, and undecorated. A close parallel has not been found, but the style seems similar to beaded bracelets and torcs of the late Iron Age period. The fragment has a deep glossy brown …
Created on: Friday 25th June 2010
Last updated: Sunday 7th June 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-BD8E22
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy core of a contemporary copy of a North Eastern (Corieltavian) stater, c. 50 BC-AD 50. The poor condition makes it difficult to determine whether it is an uninscribed or inscribed example. Recorded as CCI 10.1077.
Created on: Thursday 13th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 8th June 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-505AB3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Iron Age silver coin: an uninscribed silver unit of the South Ferriby type, c. 45 – 10BC. It is 14.3mm in diameter and 1.4mm thick. It weighs 1.06gm. Reference: Van Arsdell, Celtic coinage of Britain, No. 877-3.
Created on: Tuesday 1st December 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-E92614
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead spindle whorl of uncertain date, but probably Iron Age or Roman. It is flat and disc shaped with a hole in the centre. The whorl has two flat faces, and the sides are straight. This makes it a Coppergate type B1 (Rogers, 2007, page 25). One face has radial lines incised into it. Although type B1 continues in use through the 5th. 6th and 7th centuries, ornamentation on Anglo-Saxon whorls is rare (ibid). It is also possible that it is medieval, but most whorls of this period are believed to have been decorated with patterns in relief. It is light brownish-white in c…
Created on: Thursday 26th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 27th January 2022
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