WMID-A50237: Iron Age coin, a silver unit of East Anglian Boar and Horse type

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COIN

Unique ID: WMID-A50237

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An Iron Age silver unit of uninscribed East-Anglian 'Boar/Horse' type, dating from the mid to late first century BC. It is similar to numbers 3440-3441 in Hobbs' British Museum catalogue.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 50 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 12 mm
Width: 12 mm
Thickness: 0.2 mm
Weight: 1.19 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 20th March 2010

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Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Unit (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Geographic provenance: British East Anglia
British Museum Catalogue type: 3440x
Obverse description: Boar right, above ring?
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Horse right, above wheel, pellet below tail
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain

Coin references

Hobbs (BM) : 3440-3441

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
Parish or ward: East Norton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP8099
Four figure Latitude: 52.582934
Four figure longitude: -0.820726
1:25K map: SP8099
1:10K map: SP89NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Recording Institution: WMID
Created: 13 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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