Information for record number MWA7448:
Iron Age coin found near Bushwood

Summary Findspot - a coin dating to the Iron Age period was found near Bushwood.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Iron Age (800 BC - 42 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Bushwood
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 18 69
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

 
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1 The finding of a bronze core of a once gilt stater. This is an Iron Age counterfeit coin. It is possible that counterfeit coins were tolerated as low currency by the British inhabitants.
 
Sources

Source No: 1
Source Type: Serial
Title: WMA vol 33
Author/originator: Seaby W A
Date: 1990
Page Number: 85
Volume/Sheet: 33
   
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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

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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