Record ID: GLO-5FB539
Object type: STUD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy and enamelled Iron Age stud (150 BC – AD 43). The object is circular in plan and semicircular when viewed in profile. The sides are decorated with a large triangular cell followed by an irregular trumped like cell that has two concave sides and a convex base, behind the convex base is an engraved crescent that is infilled with stippling. The situated at the point of this trumpet is a circular cell, all cells are filled with a red enamel. This pattern is repeated three times around the circumference of the item. The inside of the stud is dished and filled with the d…
Created on: Monday 4th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mark', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-D28FAB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age silver or billon stater of the Durotriges / South Western Region, dating to the period c.58BC-AD43. Cranborne Chase type, depicting an abstract bust of Apollo on the obverse and a stylised horse and pellets on the reverse. Only half of the coin remains. ABC 2169, Van Arsdell 1235-1, Mack 317. 
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-9888D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy  'La Tene I' style brooch. A sprung bow brooch with four coils and a chord running underneath. The bow and pin were made in one piece. The pin is missing. The bow is arched forward and downwards from the coils. The upper part of the bow has a D-shaped cross section. It tapers to a pointed break. The foot and catchplate are missing. It is decorated on the front with two incised transverse straight grooves across it, with a v-shaped groove below. Reference: a similar 'La Tene I' style  can b…
Created on: Saturday 6th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Queen Camel', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-30DE50
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete continental 'Augenfibel' or Eye brooch of Iron Age to Roman date (AD 25-75). At the head of the bow is an integrally cast spring of which three coils survive to the left hand side of the head, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. Above the spring coil is an integrally cast forwards facing hook that extends onto the head of the brooch and terminates with a triangular point. The head itself has small projecting flattened rectangular wings and slight incised groove with notches to either side where the wings and bow meet. The bow is flat, rectangular i…
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: SOM-30476C
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete bead, probably dating to the Late Iron Age to Early Roman period c. 1 - 200 AD . The surviving fragment is of a dark blue and red glass and comprises of roughly one third of the bead. Whirl decoration exists on the outer of the bead in a style seen on beads of La Tene type, although the colours used of red and blue are unusual. The approximate diameter of the bead is c 22.2mm. The fragment is sub triangular in profile, and D-shaped in cross section. The breaks to the bead are unpatinated.  Dimensions: length 21.2mm; width 9.27mm; thickness 13.61mm; weight 3.37g. B…
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-16C252
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver stater of the South Western region / Durotriges, dating to the period c.58 BC - 43 AD, Cranborne Chase type. Obverse: stylised wreath, cloak and cresecents. Reverse: stylised horse and pellets. Cf. ABC p. 111, no. 2169.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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Record ID: SOM-16B2DA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base bronze stater of the South Western region / Durotriges, dating to the period c.58 BC - 43 AD, Hod Hill type. Obverse: stylised wreath. Reverse: stylised horse and pellets. Cf. ABC p. 111, no. 2175.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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Record ID: SOM-1CA0C3
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast biconical Copper alloy bead, possibly dating from the late Iron Age to the Roman period. The internal diameter is around 5.78mm and the hole appears to be partially infilled with iron concretion. The bead measures 13.88mm in diameter, and is 13.88mm thick. Suggested date: Iron Age to Roman period, c. 800 BC-AD410.
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingweston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-720666
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Late Iron Age to Early Roman one-piece sprung brooch dating to the first century AD. The brooch is a La Tene III Nauheim derivative type, the spring consists of three coils, and there is a thin, flat bow. The foot and catchplate are missing. The head of the brooch has sharply narrowing shoulders which turn in to the rolled spring of three coils, before straightening out and tapering in to the pin shank. The front of the brooch has a crude attempt at beading, with a single vertical line over-scored by multiple short horizontally alligned s…
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: DEV-DDB8BA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy La Tene III/Nauheim derivative type bow brooch dating to the late Iron Age or early Roman period, from c.100 BC to AD 100.  The bow is triangular in shape and consists of a thin, flat piece of copper alloy. At the head of the brooch at the front the bow extends back, narrowing and curving into a coiled round spring. Only one coil survives and this ends in a worn break. The pin running from one of the coils is lost. The bow expands gradually, until at the base it curves back on itself and narrows&nbs…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
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Record ID: SOM-CC49DB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver stater of the British Iron Age dating to c. 20 BC to AD 50. South Western uninscribed (Durotrigian) type. A stylised wreath on the obverse and a stylised horse and pellets on the reverse. The reverse is dished and worn, and there is a fresh break across one edge. Reference: ABC 2157   Date: Late Iron Age Diameter: 17.27mm Weight:   2.29g
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: SOM-C09A4A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age uninscribed silver stater of the Durotriges, Cranborne Chase type, c. 58 BC - AD 43.  Obv. Wreath, cloak, and crescents  Rev. Disjointed horse left, rectangular head, body of crescents, pellets above Diameter: 19.13mm, weight: 3.31g. Cf. VA 1235-1, BMC 2525-46, ABC 2157. 
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C09106
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age uninscribed silver stater of the Durotriges, Cranborne Chase type, c. 58 BC - AD 43.  Obv. Wreath, cloak, and crescents  Rev. Disjointed horse left, rectangular head, body of crescents, pellets above Diameter: 18.92mm, weight: 2.96g. Cf. VA 1235-1, BMC 2525-46, ABC 2157. 
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-ED1BC7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An uninscribed base silver Iron Age stater of the South Western Region / Durotriges, dating to the period c.60-20 BC, "Cranborne Chase" type. Obverse: Wreath, cloak, and crescents. Reverse: Disjointed horse left, rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs, three horizontal lines for the tail, pellet below, twelve pellets above. As ABC 2157 / 2169; BMC 2525-2546, 2691-2727.
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-DE26D5
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age or Roman copper alloy 'dumbell' toggle dating to c100BC - 100AD. It consists of two globular hemispherical terminals joined by a narrowed central circular shaft. The terminals are slightly different sizes. Dimensions: 20.9mm in length; 10.1mm in width; 8.36g in weight. One terminal is c10.1mm in diameter, the other 7.1mm in diameter.  A number of these toggles are recorded on the PAs database, including YORYM-09EFA4 ans see YORYM-E71444 which similarly has one terminal smaller than the other.
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 14th June 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-3B7A9A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy late Iron Age to Early Roman "Durotriges type" strip bow brooch dating to the early first century AD. One wing, the pin and the pin rest are missing. The head retains one wing, which is rolled forwards under the head. Adjacent to is is a central pin slot. The other wing is missing due to an old break. The bow has a flat rectangular cross section and is bent through almost 180 degrees. It tapers from the head to the foot and is decorated with two longitudinal rows of punch marks. At the rear of the foot is a catchplate, which is missing its…
Created on: Sunday 28th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-3B48AB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman copper alloy bow brooch, probably a Colchester derivative type dating to c. AD 25-75. Only the lower bow, foot and catchplate remain. The bow has a flat rectangular cross section and tapers almost to a point. It is decorated with a central logitudinal ridge, which is cut by a series of punched transverse notches and flanked with longitudinal grooves. At the rear of the foot is a long, hooked catchplate, which is now bent. It is folded to form a pin rest. Length: 22.2mm. Width: 5.5mm (max). Weight: 0.83g.
Created on: Sunday 28th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 5th June 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-BCB540
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Iron Age or Roman copper alloy penannular brooch dating to the first century BC or AD. The frame is circular in section. The flattened terminal ends are spirally coiled outwards from the frame and in the same plane. The pin survives and is a strip of copper alloy bent around the frame. It it sub-oval in section and tapers to a point. It is shown positioned centrally, but is free to move around the frame. The frame has probably been prised open from its original form. Frame: Width (across the outside of the terminal ends): 53.0mm. Length (excluding the pin): 33.2mm. Thickness: 3…
Created on: Sunday 26th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-BED735
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver quarter stater of the British Iron Age, South Western uninscribed (Durotrigian) type, dating to c. 58BC – 43AD. Traces of Three Men In A Boat on the obverse and a zig-zag thunderbolt, double rings, clamshell and line of pellets across field on the reverse. The coin has damage to approximately one third of the circumference causing a flat section and a crescent section. Weight 0.80g, Diameter 12.5mm Reference: ABC 2214 Badbury Rat type.
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th March 2023
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Record ID: WILT-B62A53
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Iron Age stater of South Western Type dating to c58BC - AD43. Cranborne Chase type. Obverse depicting a wreath, cloak and crescents. Reverse depicting a disjointed horse with rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs, pellets above.  Cf. Hod Hill ABC p 111, no 2175.
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 19th October 2023
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