Record ID: BERK-83D249
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small collection of Iron Age pot sherds c. BC 200 - 43. The fabric is soft and sandy, with numerous scattered fine angular quartz inclusions up to 3mm diameter. The surface is rough, unglazed with a dark grey colour throughout. Body sherd with a buff exterior measuring - 27.37mm x 23.56mm, thickness = 7.03mm, weight = 5.2gm Foot sherd diameter approximately 15cm measuring - 367mm x 30.1mm, base thickness = 5.5mm, weight = 12.8gm. Rim sherd, possible dish with diameter approximately 12cm, measuring - 30.18mm x 28.37mm, thickness 10.8mm, weight = 10.1gm Rim sherd,…
Created on: Thursday 17th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 13th July 2021
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Record ID: BERK-EF9049
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Cunobelin, Unit, c. 8 - 41 AD. Obverse with bust right, CVNO before. Reverse with 'Sphinx' type, seated left, TASCI[O] to left. The coin is poorly struck with a heavily frosted surface. ABC 2870. Dimensions. Diameter - 11.27mm, 1.8mm thick and weighs 1.2gm. C.f. Rudd, 2010, ABC, page 138, no. 2870
Created on: Friday 5th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 31st July 2019
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Record ID: BERK-860539
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A struck gold uninscribed quarter stater of the Western region (Dobunni) dating to the period c. 50 - 20 BC. Cottam et al's 'Sunburt little horse' type, listed in ABC as very rare (ABC 2009.). This example has been struck on an elongated flan, probably with a worn flan(s). A coin with similar obverse and reverse wear has been recorded as WAW-CFB026 on this database. During the Roman period, and perhaps earlier, the Dobunni inhabited an area covering the modern county of Gloucestershire and parts of Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire.
Created on: Sunday 11th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd November 2018
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Record ID: BERK-85B76C
Object type: PESTLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Iron Age, or Roman cast copper alloy centre-looped pestle from a cosmetic grinder set c. 50 BC - 200 AD. The convex grinding rod/face is wedge shaped with the centre grip now perhaps missing it attachment form. The tip of the rod is missing from one end and there is extensive wear to the central area of the rod with a greater degree of erosion in that area. The surface has a mid-green eroded surface. See similar at SF-BB0E90 & LVPL-2174A2.
Created on: Sunday 11th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th November 2018
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Record ID: BERK-858F2A
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Iron Age lipped terret ring, c. 100 BC - AD 50. The terret consists of a curved frame with a circular cross-section, broken at both ends, revealing what may be a ferrous core. Of the remaining section, there are four transverse 'lips', spaced at regular intervals along the frame. The remaining single knop at one end may represent the terminal of a hoop with a junction link, like Spratling's group V form. The surface has a rough mid-green patina with ferrous staining to each broken end.
Created on: Sunday 11th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd November 2018
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Record ID: BERK-091C4D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap fitting probably dating to the Late Iron Age to the early Roman period, c. 70 BC - 50 AD. This may possibly be a baldric ring from a sword belt. The ring has a hexagonal cross section with the remnant of a possible knop to one edge. The ring is undecorated and has a dark green patina. See similar type at BERK-C6DAA3
Created on: Sunday 30th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 19th November 2018
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Record ID: BERK-35B6C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy fragment of a one-piece Colchester type brooch, probably late Iron Age to early Roman c. 25 - 60 AD. The brooch has lost the foot and much of the spring with just two turns remaining on the crossbar. The crossbar is short and canted at an angle to the bow. The bow is plain with a broadly lozenge profile. The surface has a fragmented dark green patina with ferrous staining beneath. See Roman Brooches in Britain - J. Bayley & S Butcher p. 63-58
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd October 2018
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Record ID: BERK-3FB622
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Iron Age or early Roman, copper alloy, simple one piece Brooch in the Nauheim derivative - La Tene III style c. 25 - 100 AD. The bow is a typical flat section example with traces of a punched linear decoration down its length, similar to that seen on the 'Lowbury' style brooches of this area. Most of the upper part remains with a single coil of the spring. Much of the foot is missing but a small section of the catch plate remain. The surface is heavily eroded with some verdigris and significant ferrous staining. Over the whole surface.
Created on: Monday 27th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 28th August 2018
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Record ID: BERK-DF98EC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Dobunni 'Eisv Oxo' Silver Unit c. AD 20-43. The obverse has the Triple tailed annulate horse left with pointed arrow between bars above and a pellet below. The reverse has a stylised head right with pellet and ring for the eye, with another pellet and ring with wavy line above. The surface is in poor condition with some fritting to the rim and considerable ferrous staining. ABC 2081
Created on: Friday 30th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
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Record ID: BERK-DF618C
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy annular bead, probably of late Iron Age c. 100 BC - 50 AD. The central hole tapers inward from the rim on both sides, to a diameter of 5.3mm. The taper is not equal on each side, both are slightly off centre and one side is reduced from 11mm, whilst the other from 10mm, perhaps a result of hand finishing the object. Otherwise, the bead has a largely circular profile. The surface has a dark brown patina with ferrous like staining and, some modest verdigris spotting.
Created on: Friday 30th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
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Record ID: BERK-102205
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Late Iron Age or Early Roman toggle c. 50 BC - 100 AD. The toggle takes the form of a dumbbell with a bulbous central form and expanded ends. The central form has the remnant of a cast loop with the opposite side having a cleanly cast circular depressed moulding with a central hole. It is probable that the moulding once held a decorative insert. The surface has a smooth very dark green patina with some erosion to the ends. A similar toggle has been published and illustrated in Bailey (2004, 87: ref. 10.7) while similar toggles have been recorded on the…
Created on: Friday 2nd June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 26th July 2017
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Record ID: BERK-0FFC6F
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy device of uncertain date and use, late Iron Age to Medieval in date. The device is cast in the form of an 'English' moustache. There is a protruding, broken stud or bar from the rear centre of the mount. The surface has a rough eroded mid-green patina.
Created on: Friday 2nd June 2017
Last updated: Saturday 24th March 2018
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Record ID: BERK-014A95
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragments of a thin beaten copper alloy silvered, 'necked' vessel/bowl c. 600 BC - 800 AD. The vessel is fundamentally of globular design with the top of the bowl curving inward before terminating in a flared, rolled inward rim. The upper portions are decorated with rows of short, crudely incised/struck vertical groves on the exterior that extend from the mid outer wall, stopping short of the everted form to the rim. The crude decoration is perhaps more emblematic of this bowl being early, rather than from the later Anglo Saxon age. That said, the apparent 'silvering' is perhaps typi…
Created on: Friday 24th February 2017
Last updated: Saturday 7th November 2020
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Record ID: BERK-631D62
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast coper alloy partial annular button and loop fastener c. 300 BC - 100 AD. The single 'button' to one end is a flat topped mushroom form. Approximately 50 percent of the ring is missing. The item has a dark green patina with ferrous like eruptions over the whole ring.
Created on: Saturday 24th September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 16th November 2016
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Record ID: BERK-9754FB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman, one piece bow brooch typical of the Colchester type AD 25-60. The wings are intact and without decoration and the bow is ovoid in form and has some evidence of having had linear groves on the lower portion. The catch plate and pin are missing. The surface has a mid-green patina and has some erosion over the main body of the bow.
Created on: Sunday 21st August 2016
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2018
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Record ID: BERK-792BD6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A one piece Nauheim derivative 'Lowbury' brooch of the late Iron Age to early Roman period - 1st Century BC - 50 AD. The bow is narrow, tapering and flat, slightly arched in form with decoration consisting of three rows of punched small squares running down the length of the brooch with two close parallel lines on one side and a single row to the other. The catch plate is intact but main section of the spring is missing. The object has a mid-green patina with some ferrous like staining.
Created on: Monday 20th June 2016
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
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Record ID: BERK-1184A6
Object type: TANKARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy fragment of a probable late Iron Age cast copper alloy vessel handle c. 300 BC - 100 AD. Rhomboid in shape, the fragment has the form of several interwoven hoops with five semi-circular segments remaining. The back of the object is cast flat with one small depression. The surface has a scuffed mid green patina. See BERK-17B0E2 that was found in close proximity to this object and may therefore be from the same item.
Created on: Wednesday 15th June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2016
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Record ID: BERK-10E0B2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast lead ingot shaped object of uncertain date. The surface is heavily oxidised, leading to it being of some age but that age may span from the Iron age to the late medieval. Finds from the same area have been identified from the BA to late medieval.
Created on: Wednesday 15th June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2016
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Record ID: BERK-689E72
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilded, copper alloy oval 'lump' of uncertain use and date. The underside rough cast with a smooth upper, concave curve. A possible iron age coin blank, gone wrong?
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 7th June 2016
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Record ID: BERK-01D364
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Dobunni gold stater of the Western Region, issued by Anted and dating to the period AD 20-43. Obverse has the Dobunnic branched Emblem slightly offset from the centre of a plain field. The Reverse has the Triple-tailed horse right with six-spoked wheel below; ANTED above, dispersed symbols in field spelling RICV. The obverse of the coin is struck off-centre and is on an ovoid flan. ABC 2066.
Created on: Saturday 21st May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
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