Record ID: HAMP-A6F525
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn and corroded possible copper-alloy coin: possibly a late 1st-century BC Iron Age unit of uncertain ruler, possibly Trinovantian (c. 30 BC - c. 10 AD; cf. Hobbs 1728ff.)
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-C13732
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age silver unit, attributed to Tincomarus (c. 20-10 BC). Obv.head facing left; Rev.: Bull facing left TI //C; VA 396-1 variant BMC 906 - 909
Created on: Saturday 28th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-C08227
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete bent copper-alloy Iron Age/Roman La Tène III, Nauheim derivative brooch dating to the 1st century AD. The spring is incomplete, one coil survives, the remainder of the spring and the pin are missing. The solid, plain bow is circular in cross-section. It rises up from the head giving the brooch a maximum height of c. 20.25mm. It curves through 90 degrees and travels gradually downwards towards the catchplate, curving as it reaches the catchplate which is bent towards the brooch. As it travels it tapers from a maximum width of 4.1mm at the head to 2.45mm at the catchplate…
Created on: Saturday 28th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-BFAAF7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy La Tène I Iron Age brooch (3rd-4th century BC). The brooch is broken at its head with the pin and the spring mechanism lost. From the head (2.5mm wide) the bow curves through ninety degrees, expanding as it does so. The bow reaches a maximum thickness of 6.55mm. It tapers into the foot which curves back on itself terminating in a circle which is decorated with a small central circular recess. The integral catchplate survives well to the right (when looking with the bow uppermost). The bow is decorated with main raised vertical ridge with two shallow vertica…
Created on: Saturday 28th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-935C51
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Iron Age/ early Roman (AD 20-80) copper- alloy Colchester one-piece brooch missing the majority of the catchplate, the spring and pin. The wings are flat and rectangular. No decoration is visible on the bow which tapers towards the tip. Behind the wings is one coil of the spring and a forward facing hook. The majority of the catchplate is missing, a fragment survives.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-8242B2
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy bead of late prehistoric date, probably Late Iron Age. The bead is of flat biconvex form with a ridge at its circumference. The internal perforation has a diameter of c. 6.25mm. Both surfaces of the bead are decorated at the mid point between the circumference and the central hole. They each have three equally spaced neat ring-and-dot motifs on a circle formed of fine punches. The ring-and-dot motifs are at broadly similar points of both faces and form a triangular arrangement. The object has a dark-green patina with some pitting and areas of lighter corrosion product.
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 26th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Twyford CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-ECF083
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bent 1st-century BC silver Iron Age uninscribed South-Western (Durotrigian) quarter stater (c. 45 - c. 35 BC; Hobbs 2748ff., especially 2770ff.; VA 1249/1260)
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shedfield CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-C45DD0
Object type: COSMETIC PESTLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fairly elaborate cast copper-alloy end-looped cosmetic pestle of late Iron Age/Roman date. The object has a pronounced hooked bow and moulded loop. The loop is flattened at the attachment end with a transverse notch just above the junction on the outer surface. Above the loop is rounded around a circular perforation (Dia.: 4.3mm). The shaft emerges from the centre of the loop, 5.85mm thick and expanding immediately in width to 5.8mm. Emerging initially from the plane of the loop it begins to sag down slightly before angling down at a steeper angle, of about forty-five degrees on the…
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 20th February 2015
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Record ID: HAMP-9A92F7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded, damaged and incomplete, copper-alloy Colchester one-piece brooch, dating to the late Iron Age to early Roman period (c. 25 - c. 60 AD). It retains its rearward facing hook at the top of the head; along with half the length of the integral spring which has been coiled three times. The pin no longer survives along with the rest of the spring mechanism; part of the axis bar survives within the coils. The wings are minimal, sub-rectangular and flat; 11.1mm wide in total. The bow turns through about 100 degrees at the head, into the bow. It has been bent back the other way at a…
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-C574C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and damaged, incomplete wrought copper-alloy Colchester one-piece brooch dating to the late Iron Age to early Roman period (c. 25 - c. 60 AD). It retains its rearward facing hook at the top of the head; it would have held the external chord. Only the stub of the integral spring and pin survives at the back of the head, below the hook. The wings are minimal, sub-rectangular and flat; 11.35mm wide in total. The bow has been squashed in towards the head and also depressed to one side all as a result of old damage. It is formed of a rectangular strip that only tapers slightly a…
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 5th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corhampton and Meonstoke CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-899B32
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper-alloy mini terret, dating to the late Iron Age/early Roman periods. The terret is sub-circular in plan, with a flattened attachment side, and is D-shaped in cross section, with a flat lower surface (Int. W.: 13.3mm, L.: 12.2mm, Th.: 3.3mm). The flattened side which would have taken a strap is narrowed and recessed (L.: 9.6mm). It is flanked by knops or collars at the junction with the hoop. The object has corroded to a light-green colour with a dark-green patina where it survives. Similar examples can be found on this database, refs. NMS-032B00, YORYM-6BDBA4.
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Upham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-10C632
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Finders: 2012 T82a: Richard Guy-Gibbens (January 2012) 2012 T82b: Lee Shawn Greagsbey (January 2012) 2012 T82c: Keith Guy-Gibbens (January 2012) 2012 T82d: Jackie Wilding (January 2012) 2012 T82e: Graham Webster (January 2012) 2012 T82f: Jeff Cocker (December 2011) Description: All of the coins are of types produced in the Hampshire-Dorset-Wiltshire area in the late Iron Age. Five (2012 T82b-f) are uninscribed gold staters of the so-called "Chute/Cheriton Transition" type (ABC 752: Cottam et al, Ancient British Coinage 2010, p.57). These coins date to about 80-60 BC. The six…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Upham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-536FE6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly worn earlier 1st-century AD silver Late Iron Age unit of Verica of the British Southern Atrebates (10-40 AD; Van Arsdell 531; BMC 1393-1419; Mack 129)
Created on: Sunday 29th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 1st March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Wycombe CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-52CCE3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn earlier 1st-century AD silver Late Iron Age unit of Cunobelin of the British Eastern Catuvellauni/Trinovantes (10-40 AD; Van Arsdell 2057; Mack 237; BMC 1874-1878)
Created on: Sunday 29th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 1st March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Wycombe CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-5287B5
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wokingham
Workflow stage: Published
A corroded but complete late Iron Age to early Roman (1st century BC to 1st Century AD), cast copper-alloy strap union of Taylor and Brailsford's (1985, 247) Type 1. It is formed of two conjoined openwork circles arranged one upon the other in a figure of eight, with a projecting narrowed strap bar on the two longest edges. The strap bars are elongated U shapes and join at the mid-point of each openwork circle. One of the bars is recessed and bowes out slightly. The back of the union is flat while the upper surface is moulded. The strap-fitting has a dark-brown patina with small pa…
Created on: Sunday 29th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Remenham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-2ED927
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 1st-century BC/AD gold Late Iron Age stater of Tasciovanus of the Catuvellauni/Trinovantes (25 BC - 10 AD; ABC 2550; Van Arsdell 1682; BMC 1604-1605; Mack type 150)
Created on: Friday 27th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Wycombe CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-D33676
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester one-piece brooch dating to the late Iron Age to early Roman period (AD c. 25 - c. 60). It retains its rearward facing hook at the top of the head; it is bent back on itself to meet the front of the bow. The stub of the integral spring and pin survives at the back of the head, below the hook. The wings are minimal, sub-rectangular and flat; 14.2mm wide, one appears damaged at the tip. Patches of iron corrosion product within this area are probably from the (missing) axis bar. The bow bends through ninety degrees just above the he…
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Upham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-6DFB33
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Circumstances of discovery On 22nd October 2011 a single gold coin was discovered by metal detector users near Chawton in Hampshire. A further 104 gold coins were discovered on the same spot between 10th December 2011 and 7th January 2012. The coins were reported to Rob Webley, Hampshire FLO, and delivered to the British Museum on 8th March 2012. A silver plated denarius and a copper alloy arrowhead, both found in the vicinity of the coins, were also reported. Description All (105) of the gold coins are of Iron Age date and of types produced between about AD 10 and 45. The vast m…
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 17th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chawton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-0011D2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged and incomplete cast copper-alloy Late Iron age to early Roman Colchester (one-piece) brooch. The head of the brooch has both wings intact; they are plain and short with rounded ends. The do not cover the whole of the coiled spring mechanism, which has three coils surviving to each side, and the chord above; the pin is missing. The iron axis bar is corroded within the spring mechanism with a gap where the pin was. The chord is held in place by a pointed rearward hook. The bow curves in a smooth arc and narrows to a rounded point at the terminal. It is broadly circular in cro…
Created on: Friday 13th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 25th January 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-D793F5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Iron Age copper-alloy La Tène I type brooch of 4th- to 3rd-century BC date, possibly La Tène IBc. The integral spring is vestigial due to an old break, with the spring, external chord and pin all lost. Below the head the bow widens out and is pointed oval in plan, with a maximum width of 11.6mm, narrowing again to the foot. The back of the bow is flat and the front shallowly convex. Its upper surface is decorated with pairs of incised lines running parallel to the edge on each side, and a second pair of longitudinal lines either side of the centre forming a pointed ova…
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2012
Last updated: Sunday 9th December 2012
Spatial data recorded.