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Coin
Unique ID: NCL-D49064
Object type certainty: Certain
A gold half-stater of the continental Iron Age, 3rd-2nd century BC.
Someone from Chris Rudd has identified the coin as a Hesperange type of half-stater, class 1, around 2nd century BC and sometimes referred to as a hemistatere a la fleur, which are sometime attributed to the province of Namur in southeast Belgium. References: BN 10280, Scheers/GB fig 41, 42; Sills 161, 162; DT 31. It was probably struck from worn, rusty dies, but the obverse probably contained the head of Apollo facing right, and a biga on the reverse.
An expert at the British Museum has provided a less precise identification, but notes that the size is indicative of a stater, rather than a half-stater, though it is too light in weight to be a stater, unless very worn and debased. It is however in the early Gaulish tradition, and Sills dates the Esperange types to the late 3rd century BC.
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: IRON AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 300 BC
Date to: Circa 100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 3.8 g
Diameter: 17.47 mm
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: uncertain [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Geographic provenance: Continental Gaulish [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Mack Type: Not attributed [scope notes | View all attributed records
Obverse description: A very poor surface - head of Apollo right?
Reverse description: biga?
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Coin references
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Spatial data
Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: East Lindsey
Parish: Revesby
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TF3263
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Method of discovery: Metal detector
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General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st February 2009
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Recorded by: Dr Robert Collins
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Identified by: Dr Robert Collins - [view all attributed records]
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Created:
Wednesday 27th May 2009
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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