Rights Holder: St. Albans District Council
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Unique ID: BH-D06717
Object type certainty: Certain
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A gold quarter stater of Late Iron Age date; 'Central Eastern Gold Attributed to Addedomaros' (British Museum nos. 2417-2421/Van Arsdell no. 1623. Measures approximately 10mm in diameter*.
Notes:
*Emailed enquiry - weight and thickness not recorded.
Class: Quarter stater
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 15 BC
Date to: Circa 1 BC
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 10 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 10th May 2011
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Other reference: Ver 11/100
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Quarter stater (gold)
Ruler/issuer: ADDEDOMAROS
Tribe: Trinovantes
Geographic provenance: British Eastern
British Museum Catalogue type: 2417x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 1623.
Obverse description: Eight-petalled flowerhead with pellet-in-ring at centre, surrounded by four leaf-shaped petals with pellets on their points; four smaller, drop-shaped petals interspersing.
Obverse inscription: No legend
Reverse description: Horse right, ring below tail, triplet and misc. symbol above, (ring) below.
Reverse inscription: No legend.
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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