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-6F2F5E
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy probable cruciform bead from a beaded torc of Iron Age date, about 50 BC – AD 150. The bead is cruciform, or quatrefoil, with a flattened central panel through which is a central rectangular aperture. The aperture would have accommodated an iron rod onto which the beads would have been threaded. One lobe of the quatrefoil is missing from this example. Each arm terminates in convex ovate lobes. these appear to be undecorated. The metal has a grey green patina. The bead is 26.6mm long, 15mm wide and 6.5mm thick. 4.1g. …
Created on: Thursday 7th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-0A7B89
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy and iron artefact, possibly a linch pin terminal of Iron Age to Roman date, about 100 BC - AD 100. The copper alloy forms an outer shell which is then filled with a core of ferrous material. In form, the artefact consists of a semi-circular shaft ending in a large, hemispherical terminal. The flat edge is an old break, so it may originally have been circular in section. At the junction of shaft and hemisphere are two narrow, transverse ridges, now considerably abraded. It is 33.9mm long, 22.2mm wide and 15.1mm thick. It weighs 25.9g. Some linch pins are a v…
Created on: Monday 20th December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 8th February 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-5EE4C8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy zoomorphic (bovine) probable vessel or bucket mount of late Iron Age to Roman date, about 100 BC-AD 200. The head is cast three dimensionally and is a chunky sub-triangular shape with a mainly circular cross-section. An integral horn projects from either side of the top of the head pointing upwards and curving in to form a crescent. One horn terminates in a worn point and the other is damaged at the tip. The horns are a flattened oval in cross-section. The snout of the bull projects forwards from the horns, and slopes down. It has a ridge acro…
Created on: Saturday 18th September 2021
Last updated: Monday 27th September 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-5EAAE8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete 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. Stylised horse right reverse, with double upper front legs and a pelleted ring above. ABC, p.94, no.1800. The coin is 15.5mm diameter, 1.6mm thick and 1.1g.
Created on: Saturday 18th September 2021
Last updated: Monday 27th September 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-479326
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy and iron prehistoric base metal hoard consisting of a vase-headed linch pin head and foot terminal, with a copper alloy mini terret found about 30m away. The iron linch pin shaft only survives as stubs projecting from each terminal. The mini terret is likely to have been used with the linch pin (see below) and the the hoard probably dates from 400 BC - 200 BC. Linch Pin The linch pin is in two pieces; the head, and the foot terminal. They would have been joined by an iron bar with the foot terminal slotting onto the end of the bar, but only the stubs of this survive at …
Created on: Thursday 24th June 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-DED02A
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a cast copper alloy, two piece, Type B beaded torc, dating from the late Iron Age to the early Roman period, about 100 BC - AD 200. Part of the separate beaded front portion survives. It consists of eight integrally cast beads, and part of one terminal. Each bead is a disc, the edge of which is decorated with two curved lines, creating a waisted central panel and elliptical outer areas (lipped). Between the beads are narrower spacers, with transverse ribbed decoration (beaded). One end of the surviving part is solid and oval, apparently broken across one of the spacers. The ot…
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-57780A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete 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 with a pellet behind on the obverse. Stylised horse right reverse, with double upper legs and a pelleted ring above. ABC, p.94, no.1800. The coin is 14mm diameter. 1.13g.
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 29th January 2021
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