Information for record number MWA7367:
Findspot - Iron Age Coin Hoard

Summary Findspot - a hoard of Iron Age coins was found 800m south of Marston Jabbett.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Iron Age (800 BC - 42 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Nuneaton and Bedworth
District: Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 37 87
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 9 Celtic coins were discovered while metal detecting on land near Bedworth (SP 37 87). A further coin & a coin fragment were found a few days later. The find was reported to the Warwickshire Museum. The 10 coins & 1 fragmentary coin are all gold 'staters' issued by the Corieltauvi tribe, who lived in what is now Lincolnshire & Leicestershire. The coins were struck during the period 50 BC - AD 20. Scientific analysis of similar coins indicates that approximately half the metal content is of gold or silver & the other half copper.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Descriptive Text
Title: Bedworth Hoard of Celtic Coins
Author/originator: Wise P J
Date: 1994
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Glossary

 
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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 MUSEUM * A building, group of buildings or space within a building, where objects of value such as works of art, antiquities, scientific specimens, or other artefacts are housed and displayed. back

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