COIN

Unique ID: SUSS-96FAC2

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Notes:

The lyre is found on coins of the central Armorican tribes from modern-day Brittany. However this is a local variant struck by the Atrebatic tribe modelled on continental coins and dating to the mid-1st century BC. The wider Bean type to which this coin belongs (QsT1) has a geographical focus on West Sussex (Bean 2000, 70). Photograph and dimensions supplied by finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: 50 BC
Date to: 30 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 1.24 g
Diameter: 14.9 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 27th January 2010

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: CCI 10.0872

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Unit (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Secondary ruler/issuer:
Geographic provenance: British Southern
Obverse description: Head with luxurient curled hair and fillet around the brow facing right in line pellet circle
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Horse going right with spoked wheel with large hub above and lyre below; part of an S is visible in front of the horse
Reverse inscription: None
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine