Record ID: WMID-29CB0B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Aesica or Rosette brooch dating to the period c. 20 BC - AD 60. The pin mechanism and part of the catchplate are missing. The head exhibits C-shaped wings which would have housed the sprung pin mechanism, now missing. The bow arches back from the head, arching downwards to a base in the centre of the rosette-shaped back plate. It exhibits a central longitudinal ridge. The oval central disc is cast in one piece with the bow, the foot and the case housing the spring. The oval disc has five concentric circles as decoration. The fo…
Created on: Wednesday 5th May 2021
Last updated: Monday 22nd November 2021
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Record ID: WMID-086414
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Middle to late Iron Age. Bodysherd. Uncertain vessel type, probably storage jar. Local type. Frequent quartz, sparse fossil shell, occasional metamorphic rock. Oxidised. Fabric: Oxidised. banded. Dark grey core. Variable dark grey to light brown exterior. Light brown interior. Hard. Inclusions: Frequent quartz (1 mm), occasional metamorphic (
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Last updated: Monday 13th September 2021
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Record ID: WMID-081BDE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Middle to late Iron Age. Bodysherd. Uncertain vessel type, probably storage jar. Local type. Sparse fossil shell. Reduced. Fabric: Reduced. banded. Dark grey core. dark grey interior. mid orange exterior. Soft. Inclusions: Sparse fossil shell (<1 mm). Well sorted. Forming: Hand made. Decoration: none. Surface treatment: none. Condition: Abraded. Form: uncertain. Probably a storage jar. Fragment: Body. Notes: Diameter of vessel: not enough present to accurate determine diameter. Thickness: 9.3 mm. Mass: 7.0 g.
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd August 2017
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Record ID: WMID-080FC1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Middle to late Iron Age. Bodysherd. Uncertain vessel type, probably storage jar. Local type. Sparse fossil shell. Reduced. Fabric: Reduced. banded. Dark grey core. interior missing. light orange exterior. Hard. Inclusions: Sparse fossil shell (<1 mm). Well sorted. Forming: Hand made. Decoration: none. Surface treatment: none. Condition: Abraded. Form: uncertain. Probably a storage jar. Fragment: Body. Notes: Diameter of vessel: not enough present to accurate determine diameter. Thickness: 9.8 mm. Mass: 3.3 g.
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd August 2017
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Record ID: WMID-080274
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Middle to late Iron Age. Bodysherd. Uncertain vessel type, probably storage jar. Local type. Sparse fossil shell, occasional metamorphic. Reduced. Fabric: Reduced. banded. Dark grey core. variable light to dark grey interior. variable light orange to light brown exterior. Hard. Inclusions: Sparse fossil shell (
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd August 2017
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Record ID: WMID-06C088
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Middle to Late Iron Age. Bodysherd. Uncertain vessel type, probably storage jar. Local type. Frequent fossil shell, occasional metamorphic. Oxidised. Fabric: Oxidised. Light grey to beige core. Light brown exterior and interior. Hard. Inclusions: Frequent fossil shell (< 1 mm), occasional metamorphic rock (
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd August 2017
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Record ID: WMID-8528FA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Colchester brooch, of Late Iron Age to early Roman date (AD 25 to AD 60). Approximately 75% of the brooch is present, consisting of the bow, wings, head, part of the spring, and an incomplete catch plate. The pin, and the rest of the spring are missing, presumed lost in antiquity. In plan, the brooch is almost T-shaped, and D-shaped in cross section. The bow head is hump-like, and angular (comma shaped) in profile, with small flat rectangular wings projecting from either side at the top. An incomplete triangular catch plate extends from the reverse of …
Created on: Friday 28th November 2014
Last updated: Saturday 7th March 2015
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Record ID: WMID-72C21D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete enamelled copper alloy strap slide or fitting, of Late Iron Age to Early Roman dating (200 BC to AD 100). The strap fitting is sub rectangular in shape. The front has been decorated with a high relief design, within a wide border. Remnants of red enamel survive in the recesses of the design. The design consists of two petals (pointed ovals with a central circle), set at an angle and joined together by the stalk. The reverse of the strap fitting has traces of four projections, forming a rectangular shape in plan. These projections are damaged and incomplete. It meas…
Created on: Thursday 29th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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Record ID: WMID-513566
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Rally ID: 74 A complete struck / hammered gold plated copper alloy uninscribed stater, of the North-Eastern South Ferriby type, dating to c. 50-20 BC dating. For prototype, see ABC (Rudd), p. 92, no. 1743 Obverse depicts a stylised ear of corn, with 2 crescents below and a sceptre in centre. The reverse depicts a stylised hourse with a sunburst below and pellets and crescents above. Diameter: 19.92 mm Thickness: 3.77 mm Weight: 2.8 g
Created on: Wednesday 9th October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2014
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Record ID: WAW-6A55D2
Object type: LOOMWEIGHT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a possible ceramic loomweight. The fragment is 18.30mm thick and weighs 20.1g. It is 36.69mm long and 31.95mm wide. The fragment has a fabric consists of frequent fine sand particles, with occasional large rounded quartz particles. The remains of a suspension hole is present on the interior surface of the fragment. The size of the fragment means it is hard to determine the original shape of the loom weight, be it either pyramidal or cyclindrical. It probably dates from the Late Bronze Age to the Late Iron Age (-1500 BC to 100 AD). Fragment specific deta…
Created on: Saturday 14th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 24th February 2015
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