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COIN
Unique ID: DOR-DEA642
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A base silver stater of the British Iron Age. South Western (Durotrigian) uninscribed type. Stylised wreath and stylised horse.
Date: Late Iron Age- 50 BC to AD 50
Diameter: 17.85 mm
Weight: 3.28 g
Class: Stater
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 60 BC
Date to: Circa 10 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.28 g
Diameter: 17.85 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st December 2010 - Sunday 16th January 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 020653
Materials and construction
Primary material: Base Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Stater (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Durotriges
Geographic provenance: British South Western
Obverse description: STylised haed of Apollo
Obverse inscription: n/a
Reverse description: Stylised horse
Reverse inscription: n/a
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
To be known as: Spetisbury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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