Record ID: HAMP-F35F71
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from a later Iron Age coarseware jar dating from approximately 300 BC - AD 100. The jar has a slightly outward turned rim with a flat top and rounded outer edge. Below the short rim the body curved outwards at c.45 degrees. Not enough of the rim remains to estimate the diameter as it is slightly irregular but it indicates a large vessel. The relatively hard fired fabric is only slightly scratched by a finger nail and has a mid-brown core and a dark-brown to black surface with burnishing on the outer side and rim. The fabric has abundant (c.25%) angular flint temper of c. 2…
Created on: Friday 8th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bighton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-3A7C91
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy artefact: possibly a toggle of Late Iron Age/early Romano-British date. The piece is of simple construction - it takes the form of a dumbbell with a central waist (5.8mm). The body to each side is faceted with the shape of a square with rounded corners for its cross-section. It is seemingly complete, with flat terminals and no evidence of breaks. The object is very slightly curved in profile. It has a mid-green smooth patina with small patches of lighter corrosion product.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd February 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kings Worthy CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-011E4D
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pommel from a sword or dagger in the shape of a human bust dating to the later Iron Age (150-50 BC). The bust is moulded in three dimensions, beginning just below the shoulder line, with the point where the thick neck and shoulders meet emphasised with a cast thick line, possibly intended to represent the neckline of a garment. The neck tapers slightly but remains thick at the point where it meets the head. The chin is broad and bearded, with the point of the beard emphasised, giving the chin a somewhat bulbous appearance. The beard continues up to the ears on either…
Created on: Sunday 23rd December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Micheldever', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-5965A6
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pommel from a sword or dagger in the shape of a human bust dating to the later Iron Age (150-1 BC). The bust is moulded in three dimensions, with the lower edge of the shoulder line demarcated by an incised groove which runs around both sides of the object. The bust ends here, at approximately the point of the clavicle. Iron staining on the sides of the shoulder appear to be from the end of the sword rather than expansions at the sides. Directly below this is a sub-rectangular attachment, much marked by iron decay, where the pommel would once have attached to the sw…
Created on: Saturday 2nd February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fitzhead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-0FF679
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy artefact, probably a strap fitting such as a strap union, or perhaps a harness fitting or mount. It probably dates from the Iron Age or Roman period, about 800 BC - AD 100. The object is incomplete, but appears to have been symetrical. It consists of a pair of opposed triangular loops, both springing from a central block. The block is square in profile, but narrow when viwed from the front, rather like a square collar. It is decorated with incised border lines on the front, upper and lower faces. Projecting from the back of the central element is a circular sectioned…
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-65BFC4
Object type: RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy ring. The ring is circular in section. Two transverse grooves are just visible aournd the outside. It has an outer diameter of 17mm and an inner diameter of 11mm. The thickness of the ring ranges from 4mm at its thickest, to 3mm at its thinnest. Although cast copper alloy beads with similar transverse grooves are known from the Bronze Age to Roman periods, the distinct and apparently deliberate difference between the two sides may suggest this is a suspension or harness loop which has been worn through use, rather than an Iron Age bead.
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 8th September 2010
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SOM-7CD8ED
Object type: RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy ring possibly of Iron Age date to early Roman date. The ring is broadly circular with a circular cross section. The ring has a dark-olive green patina with occasional pitting. The central hole is slightly off-centre or worn, so one side of the ring is thicker and wider (4.29mm, 4.16mm compared to 3.42mm, and 3.46mm). The ring is undecorated. It is 17.26mm in diameter, and weighs 3.94mm. While such a plain item is hard to date specifically. The patina suggests an Iron Age date, although a Roman date cannot be ruled out, Such rings might have been associated wit…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Knoyle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-099B26
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A solid copper-alloy late Iron Age or Roman head of a sheep, ram or possibly goat from a mount or figurine. The head is cast in three dimensions and is triangular in shape with one horn each side. The head measures 18.7mm in length from the top to the end of the nose; it is 9.8mm thick and 12.4 mm wide at the widest point, 24.7mm wide including the horns. The head tapers to a rounded nose with no sign of nostrils. The eyes are represented by indentations on each side of the head with a raised central pupil visible in the left eye. The horns start from the side of the head and curve ou…
Created on: Thursday 25th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-9A8A71
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a corroded, cast copper-alloy terret (rein guide) dating from the late Iron Age or early Roman periods. This comprises around half of the hoop, and has been broken at the junction of hoop and bar, and the middle of the central pair of back-to-back sub-hemispherical lipped protrusions, respectively. The collar at the junction of hoop and bar is broadly sub-oval: 11.9 by 10.8mm. Vestiges of the bar suggest that it was rectangular in cross-section with rounded corners. The oval loop is circular in cross-section. It would have featured three pairs of lipped protrusions by co…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 4th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fair Oak and Horton Heath CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-EFF1B7
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Late Iron Age or Early Roman terret, probably dating to c. 200 BC - AD 75. Probably a Simple D-shaped terret; the surviving portion comprises of approximiately 33% of the original frame. The terret frame is sub-circular in cross section, 10.4mm by 9.7mm, tapering into a worn and patinated break. At the opposite end of the fragment, the frame expands into a plain, moulded collar, 12.5mm by 11.5mm, and from which projects a sub-rectangular sectioned bar, 8.9mm by 4.3mm. Dimensions: length 47.3mm; width 12.5mm; thickness 11.5mm; weight 16.81g. The fo…
Created on: Sunday 7th August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-943223
Object type: FOLDING KNIFE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy handle for a folding knife. The handle is curved, circular in section and tapers from the end which was attached to the knife blade to a blunt point at the other end, with a rounded knop. There is a collar around the other end with a spherical knop projecting from its outer side and two other spherical knops evenly spaced along the outer edge. Next to the collar the bar is much wider and has a central slot for the knife. There is a rivet hole through the metal, with an iron rivet through it creating a hinge for the knife. Inside the split and held by the rivet there …
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lavant', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-279935
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly worn 1st-century BC gold Iron Age quarter stater of the Early Uninscribed 'O' - 'Geometric' type (c. 80-60 BC; Hobbs 414ff.; VA 1225). This is a common variant of the standard O type: see, for example HAMP-D07677, CCI-96155, CCI-941047, CCI-930961, CCI-930502 on this database. The pale colour of the metal suggests this may be a contemporary copy in a silver-gold mix.
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2010
Last updated: Thursday 7th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bighton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-78A1A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary mid/later 1st-century BC silver Iron Age unit of the Southern (Atrebatic) 'lyre' type (c. 50-20 BC; cf. CCI-91048, CCI-00445 etc.; cf. Bean type QsT1-6). The flan is slightly dished and just over half of the original coin has been lost following two main breaks.
Created on: Wednesday 8th September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 7th October 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-962B77
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 1st-century BC gold Iron Age 'X box' quarter stater of Addedomaros of the Catuvellauni/Trinovantes (c. 45 - c. 25 BC; Van Arsdell 1638; Hobbs 2422-2423)
Created on: Saturday 4th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 7th June 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-44A1A8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
British Iron Age copper alloy stater, uninscribed South Western (Durotriges), VA 1290/BMC 2790-2859/ABC 2175.
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-ED1038
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Iron Age unit. Very worn. Probably Tinnocommios. Obv: Head facing right. TINCO Rev: Eagle with wings spread standing on snake. Tincommios was joint ruler of the Atrebates kingdom, firstly with his father, Commios the Younger, and later with his younger brother, Eppilus. Tincommios chose to rule the southern sections of the kingdom, which proved to be a mistake as the town of Calleva (Silchester) under his brothers rule became recognised by the Romans as the main centre of Artebatum power. Eppilus overthrew his brother from power in BC 7, and Tincommios fled to Rome to p…
Created on: Thursday 26th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-2C5DA0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Continental Iron Age gold stater; uninscribed Gallo-Belgic E (Scheers class III) VA54-1
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Goring by Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-D02087
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A mid/later 1st-century BC silver Iron Age uninscribed unit, stylistically southern, but without direct parallel (cf. BM 630; cf. ABC 863, 671; CCI 10.2878). The flan is slightly dished.
Created on: Friday 13th May 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-07A265
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A British Iron Age base silver (billon) stater, uninscribed South western (Durotriges), c. 20 BC - AD 10; VA 1235; BMC 2555ff.
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pitching Piece', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-07F1F2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A British Iron Age base silver (billon) stater, uninscribed South western (Durotriges), c. 20 BC - AD 10; VA 1235; BMC 2555ff. The flan has suffered a notched removal.
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willoughby Hedge', grid reference and parish protected.