Record ID: LON-02C6F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age British cast copper alloy potin, Flat Linear 1 type, Kent (attributed Cantii), 70-50 BC. BMC686 / VA129. Obverse: Stylised head right, inside a plain border. Obverse inscription: Uninscribed. Reverse: Stylised bull butting left, line below, two crescents above, inside a plain border. Reverse inscription: Uninscribed. Die axis measurement: 9.00 Dimensions: diameter: 17.00mm; weight: 1.65g. Identification by Ian Leins, Curator of Iron Age and Roman coins, British Museum. Reference: Hobbs, R. 1996. British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum. British Museum Pre…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2010
Last updated: Monday 1st October 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-7365F2
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy zoomorphic end-looped cosmetic mortar (1st century BC - 1st century AD). The cast copper alloy cosmetic mortar has an oval section and a slight curve throughout its length; there is a deep recession in its upper edge, inset only slightly from each end of the object. At one end, the gently curving mortar terminates in a rectangular-sectioned knop that has been pierced with a circular hole to create an attachment loop. At the opposite end, the mortar thickens into an irregular section, to form the neck of a zoomorphic terminal. The…
Created on: Wednesday 20th January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-49B2D0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age gold uninscribed Southern quarter stater, British QC type, Rudd's 'Selsey Dahlia' type, attributed to Atrebates / Regni 50-20 BC. Rudd ABC 506. The coin has been struck with a damaged obverse die. Obverse: None: damaged die. Obverse inscription: Uninscribed. Reverse: Horse right, sun above and wheel below. Reverse inscription: Uninscribed. Dimensions: diameter: 14.13mm; weight: 0.99g. Identification by Ian Leins, Curator of Iron Age and Roman coins, British Museum.
Created on: Monday 18th January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 27th April 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-B1AB83
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Iron Age cast copper alloy brooch of La Tene Type I (Ia or Ib), 5th-3rd century BC. The head and sprung pin of the brooch are missing and the break is very worn. The irregularly-sectioned bow is highly arched in a semi circle. Travelling away from the head the bow widens and divides with a deep central cleft so that the main length of the bow has a V-shaped section. Towards the foot the bow becomes solid again and narrows. The foot of the brooch projects outwards in a gentle curve from the base of the bow; it would have completed the curve and folded back on itself but it ha…
Created on: Monday 11th January 2010
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: SUSS-213D56
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified Iron Age cast copper alloy object. The object has a short length of rectangular-sectioned bar or shank that abuts an oval-sectioned tear-shaped loop or bow, that has a tear-shaped central hole. Between the bar and the loop is a raised collar divided into two. Apart from this the object is undecorated; its surface has a dark olive-green patina. The object measures 41.5mm long, 14.4mm wide and 5.1mm thick. It weighs 7.97 grams. Identified by Jody Joy, Curator of Iron Age Britain and Europe, British Museum.
Created on: Monday 4th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-F61512
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Late Iron Age to Early Roman cast copper alloy button-and-loop fastener with solid double-disc head (1- 200 AD). The fastening has an irregular plan, but has been cast in one piece with a heavy circular-plan loop, above which projects a toggle formed by two conjoined discs. The circular-sectioned loop extends into a slight point before curving upwards and thickening slightly to form a short shaft beneath the toggle. At the top of this shaft, the fastening extends outwards into a platform with the two discs forming a figure 8. On the uppermost surface each disc has a recessed interio…
Created on: Monday 21st December 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
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Record ID: LON-5D4681
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper alloy coin: unit, struck in Kent (50-20 BC). Van Arsdell 154-9 = BMC 2488. Dimensions: diameter: 11.1mm; weight: 1.11g.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 18th November 2019
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Record ID: SUSS-DB7654
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age – Roman copper alloy decorative trapezoidal harness fitting or mount (100 BC – 100 AD). The artefact consists of the trapezoidal head of a harness mount and a ridged section below it where a good deal of iron corrosion suggests that an iron element from the mount was present but has broken off. The flat, sub-triangular head of the fitting is 24.2mm wide on its upper edge, 12.1mm wide at the bottom, 3.2mm thick and approximately 19.8mm long. It is decorated with an incised pattern in the form of two curlicues radiating out from opposite corners (the top left a…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-CEEC27
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy incomplete brooch, possibly a Colchester-type two-piece derivative (1st century AD). At the head of the brooch are the remains of two wings; and two loops - one to secure the spring and one for the chord. The brooch has a flat bow which tapers to a sharp point at the foot. A central band of moulded decoration extends down the length of the bow. Part of the catchplate is missing but the remaining section is solid. The spring and pin are missing. The brooch has a sharp bend midway along the bow, almost folding the brooch in half. The copper alloy has a mid g…
Created on: Monday 8th June 2009
Last updated: Monday 1st October 2012
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Record ID: LON-82B761
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver Iron Age unit of the East Anglian Region / Iceni, dating to the period c.50 BC-AD 10, Large Flan A/Mossop Proto Head type. Obverse type is illegible. Reverse: Horse right, double upper left front leg, pellets for mane, solid head and lick of flame from mouth, pellet in ring below, diamond shaped motif above with pellet in right at each point, star above tail, trefoil motif above mane. cf. ABC 1522 / 1531; BMC 3549. This is an unusual find for Oxfordshire.
Created on: Monday 11th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2020
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Record ID: SUSS-05DAF3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Iron Age cast copper alloy La Tene-derivative brooch (4th-3rd century BC). The brooch has a long pointed-oval bow with a looped foot. The foot has been distorted and the rounded knop at the end of the foot has been folded over on itself. At the opposite end of the brooch the sprung pin has broken off, leaving just one loop of the spring remaining. The front face of the brooch is undecorated and the reverse is plain. The brooch has an olive-green patina with patches of concretion. The brooch measures 46.7mm long, 12.1mm wide and 1.4mm thick. It weighs 3.19 grams. Hattatt (200…
Created on: Wednesday 19th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-EDCA45
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman cast copper-alloy end-looped cosmetic mortar (100 BC - 200 AD). The cosmetic mortar would have been used alongside a small pestle, also with an attachment loop, in the preparation of cosmetics and ointments. The mortar has an attachment loop that has been cast all in one. The mortar radiates outwards from the attachment loop before narrowing into a point to make a leaf-shaped bowl that is 50.24mm long. The surface of the mortar is worn, pitted and is a brown-red colour with patches of green patina. The mortar is 23.5mm wide and 7.24mm deep. It weighs 16.41 grams.
Created on: Monday 17th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.