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Findspot - Iron Age coin

Summary Findspot - a coin dating to the Iron Age was found 250m south of Wixford.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Iron Age (800 BC - 42 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Wixford
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 09 54
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Find made with a metal detector in 1987. A gold quarter stater of the Dobunnic Corio type, dating to the late first century BC. The convex side shows COR in the field. On the concave reverse is a triple-tailed horse right with large pellet in beaded annulet above and various other symbols around. Weight 1.115 g.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Serial
Title: WMA vol 30
Author/originator: Seaby W
Date: 1987
Page Number: 56
Volume/Sheet: 30
   
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Glossary

 
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source WMA West Midlands Archaeology. This publication contains a short description for each of the sites where archaeological work has taken place in the previous year. It covers Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire. Some of these descriptions include photographs, plans and drawings of the sites and/or the finds that have been discovered. The publication is produced by the Council For British Archaeology (CBA) West Midlands and is published annually. Copies are held at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Iron Age About 800 BC to 43 AD

The Iron Age comes after the Bronze Age and before the Roman period. It is a time when people developed the skills and knowledge to work and use iron, hence the name ‘Iron Age’ which is given to this period. Iron is a much tougher and more durable metal than bronze but it also requires more skill to make objects from it. People continued to use bronze during this period.
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monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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