Record ID: WAW-036204
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Report for H M Coroner on find of Potential Treasure from Badsey, Worcestershire Date: c. 50 BC to c. AD 43. Discovery: Found between 27th July 2011 and 28th September 2011 whilst metal detecting in a ploughed field. Description: The coin hoard comprises of four coins; two Western British Iron Age silver units and two possible contemporary copper alloy copies of silver units (the metal has not been tested but appears base). The coins are all of types produced in the late Iron Age period in the area of modern Gloucestershire, Avon and western Oxfordshire, and parts …
Created on: Friday 11th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 18th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Badsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-850EC1
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age to Roman (c. 200 BC to AD c. 200) harness fitting/strap union: The copper alloy strap union is composed of a sub-rectangular central body, which is flat on both faces. The long side edges are waisted and ar slightly curvaceous. There are two circular areas of open work, one either side of the centre. One one face, in each corner there is a ring-and-dot motif. At the upper and lower edges of the body, on the edge there is a groove as decoration. The reverse of the body is undecorated. On the outer edges of the body, slightly off-set and wider than the body there is an oval pro…
Created on: Monday 5th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2023
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Record ID: WAW-752170
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age to Roman (possibly -200 to AD 400) quern fragment: The stone is sandstone with fine to medium sized inclusions which are rounded, brown, white and pink coloured. The base is sub-triangular with two-thirds of the edges being broken, the remaining third appears to be a the original edge which has a steep, slightly angled side. The centre corner of the quernstone is concave vertically which was originally the central funnel of the quern. The base is worn, slightly concave and smooth. In section the quern is a quarter-circle. It measures 128.37mm long, 112.24mm wide across the …
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 11th July 2019
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Record ID: WAW-75062A
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age to Roman (possibly -200 to AD 400) probable quern fragment: The stone is sandstone with fine to medium sized inclusions which are rounded, brown, white and pink coloured. The base is an irregular shape with broken and abraded edges, although one edge has the original edge which tapers to a curved edge. The base is worn flat and smooth. In section the quern is a sub D-shaped with the upper edge being slightly domed. The remaining surface of the possible quern is rough. It measures 120.36mm long, 118.73mm wide across the smooth side face and 47.27mm thick. It weighs 782g. T…
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 11th July 2019
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Record ID: WAW-74E841
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age to Roman (possibly -200 to AD 400) probable quern fragment: The stone is sandstone with fine to medium sized inclusions which are rounded, white and pink coloured. The base is a sub-rectagnular with broken and abraded edges. The base is worn flat and smooth. In section the quern is a sub rectangle with the upper edge being slightly domed. On side face is also worn quite smooth, but has fine linear striations. This face is forms a right-angled to the base. The remaining surface of the possible quern is rough. It measures 119.28mm long, 104.42mm wide across the smooth side fa…
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 11th July 2019
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Record ID: WAW-0A6FB8
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to early Roman copper-alloy harness fitting terret ring (c. 100 BC-c. AD100): The terret is of the 'simple' type, comprising a rectangular basal strap loop, which is a slender oval in section and is flanked by raised sub-ovate collars. The remains of an ovate loop project to either side of the collars, both arms of which have an oval section and taper to breaks which are not too recent. The metal has incomplete well-developed dark green patina. The terret measures 30.45mm long from the break down to the lower edge of the collar, 69.31mm wide from break to break, 19…
Created on: Monday 24th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 27th June 2019
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Record ID: WAW-E6B340
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Iron Age or Roman (c. 100 BC to AD c. 400) unidentifiable copper alloy artefact: The fragment has a curvature which may be similar to a hemisphere which has along the long edge two patches of patina over the edge which is perhaps the rim which is undecorated. The opposite edge has a trace of a patina which covers the edge and is shaped at c. 110° which may suggest it is a trace of the base of a vessel. Otherwise all the edges of the fragment are broken, but not recently. The exterior surface has a circular cell, with a cirved profile, and at the centre the trace of a short, …
Created on: Monday 10th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
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Record ID: WAW-FBA968
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age to early Roman (c.AD 0 to c. 100) cast copper alloy La Tene I brooch. The brooch is cast as one piece and has the spring, pin and catchplate missing. The breaks are possibly quite recent as the patina does not cover the break. The bow is a 'C' shape in profile and is oval in section with a column of low-relief pellets running down the centre of the outer face of the body of the bow. The surface of the brooch has an incomplete green patina and some pitting has occurred. The brooch measures 37.74mm long, 6.3mm wide across the bow, and weighs 5g. The brooch is a La…
Created on: Thursday 30th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 30th May 2019
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Record ID: WAW-5380A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age coin: gold quarter stater of Western series (traditionally ascribed to the Dobunni), Corio type struck between c. 25 BCand AD 25. Hobbs 3134, Van Ardsell 1039-1, ABC 2051 Corio Cor type.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
Last updated: Monday 3rd June 2019
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Record ID: WAW-29E9C6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age or Roman (c. 100 BC - AD 100) copper alloy mount. The mount consists of a hollow semi-cylindrical rectangle with slightly thickened terminals and a fine transverse ridge at each terminal on the convex exterior. The interior, concave surface is undecorated. The surface has a mid blue-green coloured patina. It measures 18.09mm long, 10.04mm wide, 6.93mm thick, 1.74g. The mount is possibly a number of things, possibly a shield clip (Parfitt, 1995) In the record for WILT-628131, a similar finds, the Finds Liaison Officer writes: It is possibly a decorative shield clip (Parf…
Created on: Monday 20th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 21st May 2019
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