Record ID: BH-83D860
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Iron Age cast copper-alloy object, possibly a ribbed terret ring dating to the 4th to 3rd century B.C. Only part of the body survives. This is oval in cross-section and tapers towards each of the broken ends, narrowing to become circular-sectioned as it does so. One face of the body is decorated with a series of thin linear grooves that partially extend onto one side. The grooves are all the same thickness except for one wider groove at the mid-point of the body. The object is 28.3mm in length, 6.8mm in width, 7.4 in thickness and weighs 6.75 grams.
Created on: Monday 21st March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 23rd November 2023
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Record ID: BH-44688C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Iron Age unit of the North Thames region / Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, struck by Cunobelin dating to the period AD 8-41. 'Cunobelinus Warriors' type. Obverse: warrior on a horse right holding spear and shield, CV behind, [N]OB below. Reverse: warrior standing left holding spear and shield, [TASCIIO]VANTIS around. As ABC no. 2963; BMC nos. 1961-1967; VA no. 2093.
Created on: Friday 18th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 7th April 2022
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Record ID: BH-4423C7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Iron Age unit of the Catuvellauni and Trinovantes (North Thames Region), struck in the name of Cunobelin, dating to the period AD 8-41. 'Cunobelinus Centaur' type. Obverse: laureate head left with [CVNOBELINI] around. Reverse: centaur right, blowing a horn with TAS-[CI-OVA-NI F] around. As ABC no. 2957; BMC nos.1968-1971; VA 2089.
Created on: Friday 18th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2022
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Record ID: BH-43FC64
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper-alloy unit of the Catuvellauni and Trinovantes (North Thames region), struck for Cunobelin, dating to the period AD 8-41. 'Cunobelinus Rex' type. Obverse: [C](V)NOBE-LIN[VS REX], bust right. Reverse: bull butting right, TASC in exergue. As ABC no. 2966; BMC nos. 1944-1951; VA 2095.
Created on: Friday 18th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2022
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Record ID: BH-CFD4E3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester one piece brooch (Mackreth 2011 C type 2e) dating from the Late Iron Age to the Roman period (c. AD 25-60). The brooch consists of the wings and bow. The spring and pin are missing. The head of the brooch has two short broadly rectangular wings with slightly concave interiors. A central sub-oval-sectioned pointed hook projects from the lower edge of the back of the wings, while part of another hook extends upwards from the upper edge. This hook is broken and has a worn point. The broadly oval-sectioned bow projects slightly upwards …
Created on: Wednesday 16th February 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th March 2022
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Record ID: BH-EA4F35
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age cast copper-alloy Gaulish bronze unit, or 'potin', produced in the territory of the Leuci, dating to c. 80-50 BC. Obverse: wreath head left. Reverse: boar left with a crude fleur-de-lis below. Allen, Catalogue of the Celtic Coins in the British Museum, Vol III, p. 93, no. 412ff; Delestre and Tache, Vol I, p. 64, cf. no. DT 227; H. Patat, Potins Celtes, p. 32, cf. 15.20, or similar. For a simialr potin recorded on the Portable Antiquities Shcheme database see SUR-AC8716.
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2022
Last updated: Monday 31st January 2022
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Record ID: BH-E9B573
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold Iron Age stater of the North Thames Region / Catuvellauni, minted by Andoco, dating to the period c. 20 BC - 1 BC. 'Andoco Phallic Bucranium' type. Obverse depicting crossed wreaths, one curved, and back-to-back crescents at centre with hidden faces in angles. Reverse depicting a horse facing right with a phallic bucranium and a pelletal sun above, AND below and a ring in front. As ABC no. 2715; BMC 2011-2014; VA 1860.
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 27th January 2022
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Record ID: BH-E9784C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Iron Age unit of the North Thames Region / Catuvellauni, attributed to Tasciovanus, dating to the period c.25 BC-AD 10. 'Tasciovanos Star' type. Obverse depicting a geometric pattern forming an eight-pointed star around a central pellet in ring, wreath border. Reverse depicting a bull right, a ringed pellet above. cf. ABC p. 132, no. 2685.
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2022
Last updated: Monday 17th January 2022
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Record ID: BH-E94D98
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Iron Age unit of the North Thames Region / Catuvellauni, attributed to Tasciovanus, dating to the period c.25 BC-AD 10. 'Tasciovanos Boar' type. Obverse depicting a wreath crossed by a line with hooks and pellets in the angles. Reverse depicting a boar facing right with a crescent above, with [VER] or [VIR] below. As ABC no. 2667; BMC nos. 1702-1705; VA 1713.
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 27th January 2022
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Record ID: BH-DA63F8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Iron Age unit of the North Thames Region / Catuvellauni, attributed to Tasciovanus, dating to the period c.25 BC-AD 10. Probably a 'Tasciovanos Boar' type. Obverse depicting a wreath crossed by a line with hooks and pellets in the angles. Reverse depicting a boar facing right with a crescent above, with [VER] or [VIR] below. ABC no. 2667; BMC nos. 1702-1705; VA 1713.
Created on: Tuesday 11th January 2022
Last updated: Monday 17th January 2022
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Record ID: BH-D6AEBC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Iron Age unit of the North Thames region / Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, struck for Cunobelin, dating to the period c. AD 8-41, 'Cunobelinus Bull Sacrifice' type. Obverse: Pegasus right, [CV] above, [NO] below. Reverse: Victory stabbing a bull right, [TASCI] below. As ABC, p. 141, no. 2972; BMC nos. 1913-1919; VA 2099.
Created on: Tuesday 11th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 27th January 2022
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Record ID: BH-D63309
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age unit of the the North Eastern region / Corieltauvi dating to the period 50-20 BC. Boar/horse type. Obverse: boar left. Reverse: horse right.
Created on: Tuesday 11th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 27th January 2022
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Record ID: BH-82941D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Iron Age to Roman cast copper-alloy strap union dating c. 200 BC to AD 200. The central plate is in the form of a crescent that is D-shape in cross-section and has rounded edges. The underside is flat and the surfaces are plain with no decoration. To either side of the crescent is an integral disc that projects from approximately halfway between the lower edge and the tip of each arm. Each disc is aligned at approximately 90 degrees to the main plate and is positioned so that their edges extend evenly both in front of and behind the crescent. The outer and inner fac…
Created on: Friday 7th January 2022
Last updated: Monday 10th January 2022
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Record ID: BH-812E38
Object type: FOB
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The central element from a late Iron Age cast copper-alloy 'fob dangler' of Triskele form dating to the period c. 200 BC to AD 200. The element consists of three flat arched arms extending from a knop at the centre. The boss is circular and slightly raised on one side and prominently pointed on the opposite side, where it is broken and very worn and would have extended into a circular-sectioned upright shank. The three arms are all broadly the same size and shape and consist of a long convex outer edge and a short concave inner edge that converge at a rounde…
Created on: Friday 7th January 2022
Last updated: Friday 30th December 2022
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Record ID: BH-E4AFC3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age silver unit of the North Thames region / Catuvellauni dating to the period 60 BC - 20 BC. 'Hadham Heart Ear' type. Obverse: Head right with coiled hair, large heart-shaped ear and long pointed nose. Reverse: Horse right with busy tail and pellet boss below. As ABC no. 2475; BMC no. 380.
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 3rd December 2021
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Record ID: BH-E45B3B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age silver unit of the North Thames region / Catuvellauni dating to the period 60 BC - 20 BC. 'Whaddon Goat' type. Obverse: Horned head left with coiled hair. Reverse: an annulate goat stepping right with a flowing mane, pellet in ring below. This example has an extra pellet directly below the goat. As ABC no. 2487; BMC no. 383-385; VA no. 1552.
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 3rd December 2021
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Record ID: BH-4DF6A2
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy strap fastener or baldric hook of late Iron Age to early Roman date, c. 100 BC - AD 100. The fastener consists of a circular-sectioned ring with an aperture in the centre. On one side of this projects a stud with a narrowed circular-sectioned waist that expands into a flat disc. The surface of the disc has two parallel shallow circular recessions (both 4.2mm diameter), each containing a recessed dot at the centre. The entire object is very worn with pitting and lamination across the surfaces of the ring and stud. The surface patina is mottled lig…
Created on: Wednesday 17th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2021
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Record ID: BH-3C1B6B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Iron Age to Roman Langton Down brooch dating c. AD 25-60. Only the head and part of the upper bow survives. The wings, the rest of the bow, the catch plate, the spring and the pin are missing. The head is semi-cylindrical with a hollow reverse. Both ends and the upper edge are very worn. Within the spring casing are two circular-sectioned iron axis bars, one below the other. Both are broken at each end and are surrounded by a white residue. The bow extends steeply downwards from the middle/lower edge of the head from an arched crest. There is …
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2021
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Record ID: BH-3AF591
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester one piece brooch dating from the Late Iron Age to early Roman period (c. AD 25-60). The brooch consists of the wings, spring and bow. The pin and most of the catch plate are missing. The head of the brooch has two short, broadly rectangular, wings. They are concavely hollow and have worn rounded edges. Abutting the wings is an eight-coil spring made from sub-rectangular-sectioned copper-alloy wire. This is wound around a circular-sectioned copper-alloy axis bar that is held in place by a rear-facing pointed hook extending centrally from …
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2021
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Record ID: BH-256588
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Iron Age to Roman Nauheim or Drahtfibel derivative brooch dating to the period 50 BC to 50 AD. The brooch consists of the upper bow and catch plate. The spring and pin are missing. The head of the brooch consists of the lower portion of a broken hook that would have curved forwards with a projecting tip. The hook is rectangular in cross-section and widens at the base into the bow. The bow is broadly rectangular in cross-section and widens as it descends into a broadly rectangular plate with rounded edges, a slightly bowed front face and a slightly …
Created on: Monday 15th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2021
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