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-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-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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Record ID: WAW-471E49
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to early Roman copper-alloy terret with triple projections ring (c. 100 BC-c. AD100). The copper alloy terret is incomplete as the edges of the skirt is broken. The terret is a horizontal oval with moulded loop and has an integral loop on the lower edge. The skirt is semi-circular in section with the underside being hollow. The underside does have two square sectioned, shallow projections but on the exterior it the skirt appears to be integral to the loop, therefore these projections are possibly part of an integral loop within the skirt, rather than a rivet to hold the c…
Created on: Monday 15th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: WAW-E89F0E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Report for H M Coroner on find of Potential Treasure from Frodesley, Shropshire (2019 T6) Iron Age Gold Finger Ring PAS Database number: WAW-E89F0E Date: Iron Age c.400 – 200 BC Discovery: whilst metal detecting. Description: A gold finger ring whose hoop is slender and circular in section. In plan it is a sub-lozenge with rounded corners as two sides have been bent towards each other forming a V-shape in profile. When on the finger the ring forms a zig-zag. Dimensions: 15.79mm across, 15.25mm wide, 11.71mm deep, the hoop is 1.05mm thick a…
Created on: Thursday 3rd January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 16th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frodesley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-C582B9
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to early Roman copper-alloy lipped terret ring (c. 100 BC-c. AD100) copper-alloy lipped terret ring fragment. The copper alloy fragment comprises a portion of the loop with an integral lip-shaped moulding formed from a single outwardly projecting disc. The breaks are not recent. The loop is sub-circular in cross-section both sides of the discs. The terret ring is a light to mid green patina which is slightly abraded. Length: 50.99mm; thickness: 11.22mm. Weight: 10.24g. This is a fragment from a terret ring that probably served as a decorative harness fitting on a c…
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 21st February 2019
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Record ID: WAW-B7542E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to Roman (50-200) penannular brooch of Booth's Type A5. The brooch is fragmentary with only a terminal and a portion of the frame remaining. The frame is an asymmetrical pointed-oval in section, and crescentic in plan. The complete terminal has a bulbous knop and the other is a break, but not a recent one. The surface has a light green patina. It measures 36.55mm long, 16.25mm wide and 6.67mm thick. Booth (2014) suggests this is a type A5 brooch with the bulbous terminal which broadly dates to 200 BC to the 7th century, but is larger numbers are found to date to…
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Saturday 11th August 2018
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Record ID: WAW-FAA117
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age-Roman brooch, probably a Langton Down type: The copper alloy brooch is incomplete; it has cylindrical wings, although this is incomplete. The pin, spring and axis bar are missing, although there appears to be a stud which is circular sectioned and tapers to a blunt point, protruding from the interior of the wings. The function of the stud is not certain. The wings contain some iron corrosion. The bow protrudes from the lower edge of the wings and is a slender rectangle in section and tapers to a broken edge, probably above the mid point. The exterior is decoration with a…
Created on: Monday 19th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2018
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Record ID: WAW-5A5027
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to early Roman copper-alloy lipped terret ring (c. 100 BC-c. AD100) copper-alloy lipped terret ring fragment. The copper alloy fragment comprises a portion of the loop with an integral lip-shaped moulding formed from a single outwardly projecting disc. The breaks are not recent. The loop is sub-circular in cross-section both sides of the discs. The lower terminal of the loop has a collar with a rectangular sectioned and narrowed trace. The terret ring is drab brownish green. Length: 37.63mm; thickness: 9.66mm. Weight: 9.72g. This is a fragment from a terret ring th…
Created on: Sunday 10th September 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Evesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-3118A7
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age-Roman glass bead, dating 800BC - AD100. Approximately half of the bead remains, the breaks appear to be recent damage. The bead was circular with a circular perforation measuring 8.66mm diameter. It is made from dark blue glass with white spirals on the exterior surface which are flush with the surface of the bead and not forming a nodule which can occur on other examples. The spirals vary in thickness and size. The bead measures 23.54mm diameter, 11.45mm thick and weighs 3.74g. This style of bead has been discussed at length by Foulds (2014, pp. 7-8) who notes that…
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2017
Last updated: Friday 18th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Studley area.', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-64685C
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age to Roman (-100 to 200) cosmetic mortar: The copper alloy mortar is crescentic in profile and an elongated pointed oval in plan. One terminal is in the form of a simplified bovoid head, with short vertical horns whose tips curl forwards slightly. There are no features on the face but it has a pronounced edge beneath the horns. The other terminal is in the form of a crescent, and it is joined to the body of the mortar on the exterior edge of the apex. In section the mortar has a 'V' shaped section. On the outer face of the mortar, at the apex on the base there is an complete i…
Created on: Friday 1st July 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd August 2016
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Record ID: WAW-D39F4B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age (1st century BC to AD mid 1st century) strap fitting, possibly a baldric ring from a sword belt: The copper alloy fitting, which has been cast, is a pointed oval in plan with a central oval shaped void in the centre. The fitting frame is a D shape in section. The flat surface is the reverse of the fitting. The outer face of the fitting has a transverse lentoid ridge at each apex. The lentoids have a fine, off-centre, groove running the length as further decoration. The fitting is decoration with a narrowed, pointed oval platform around the central void. The reverse face is sl…
Created on: Friday 24th June 2016
Last updated: Friday 8th July 2016
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Record ID: WAW-4E2509
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age coin: gold stater. Classification: Western Gold, Dunbonni, 'Eisu Ricu' or 'Eisu Tree' type. Ref.: cf. Hobbs Nos. 3039-3042; Van Arsdell No. 1105; ABC, p. 106, nos. 2075 (or no. 2078). Minted between AD c. 20 to c. 43 (?).
Created on: Monday 18th April 2016
Last updated: Friday 22nd April 2016
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Record ID: WAW-69384D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age coin: A British Iron Age uninscribed gold quarter stater, Western series (attributed to the Dobunni), c. 40-10 BC. "British RB" or Rudd's Sunburst Little Horse" type, ABC (Cottam et al 2010) 2009 (p.103) = VA (Van Arsdell 1989) 1010 = BMC (Hobbs 1996) 2942-46.
Created on: Thursday 8th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 16th November 2020
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Record ID: WAW-8A8893
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold quarter stater of the Regini and Atrebates, 'Selsey Dalhia' type, dating to c. 60-20 BC. Obverse: wreath design with hidden face; Reverse: Horse right, no mane, floral sun above, wheel below. ABC, p. 48, no. 503; BMC, no. 478-484.
Created on: Thursday 3rd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 4th September 2015
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Record ID: WAW-E85A3E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to early Roman (c. AD 25 to c. 60) Colchester One-Piece brooch: The copper alloy has wings which are formed by a horizontal rectangular bar which are abraded and undecorated. On the reverse of the wings, integral to the upper edge is a rectangular protrusion which is broken, but not recently. The lower edge of the wings, on the reverse, there is a trace the integral spring, which forms one coil before it is broken. The bow is hump-like in profile, but is slender and tapers down the bow. The bow is oval in section and undecorated. The reverse of the lower portion of the b…
Created on: Sunday 2nd August 2015
Last updated: Monday 24th August 2015
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Record ID: WAW-F553E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age potin, possibly of the Cantiaci, possibly 'Evans Bull' type (c. early 1st century BC), Cf. ABC, p. 34, no. 147.
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2015
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2016
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Record ID: WAW-D82858
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age Southern gold stater dating to c. 60-20 BC. Obverse: plain; Reverse: triple-tailed horse right, wheel below, charioteer's arm above. BMC, p. 70, nos. 461-75; ABC, p. 47, no. 488.
Created on: Monday 9th March 2015
Last updated: Monday 9th March 2015
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Record ID: WAW-D64063
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Seven gold Iron Age coins were found. Six of them date to the period about AD 20-50; one is up to a couple of decades older (see list). The coins fall into two broad groups - North Eastern inscribed gold staters, usually associated with the 'Corieltavi' tribe, and Western inscribed gold staters, ascribed to the 'Dobunni'. 1. North Eastern Iron Age gold stater inscribed VEP CORF, about AD 20-50 ABC 1854; weight 4.67g; diameter 19.5mm. 2. North Eastern Iron Age gold stater inscribed VEP CORF, about AD 20-50 ABC 1854; weight 5.23g; diameter 20.5mm; finder. 3. Western Iron Age …
Created on: Monday 9th March 2015
Last updated: Thursday 28th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claverley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-DE43A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to early Roman brooch (c.AD25 to AD60), a probable Langton Down type: The copper alloy brooch is nearly complete (only the pin is missing) and is in good condition. The brooch has a cylindrical spring cover (which is incomplete) within which is the coiled spring. The spring has been coiled seven times, and the pin is missing. The bow projects from the outer face of the cylinder and is a flat strip which at the top forms an inverted L-shape. The bow is rectangular in cross section, tapers slightly and is decorated on the outer face with a triple-stranded, vertical central…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 17th August 2016
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