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COIN
Unique ID: CAM-ADF117
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A uninscribed gold stater of the Eastern region of 'L' or 'Wadden Chase' type dating to the period 60 to 20 BC. See Hobbs, R.1996, p.61, plate 15, no.329-330 and cf. ABC p. 123, no. 2433.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 60 BC
Date to: Circa 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 5.78 g
Diameter: 17.65 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 8th December 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Stater (gold)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Trinovantes
Geographic provenance: British Eastern
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2433
Obverse description: Wreath, cloak and crescents, rounded wing motifs above wreath
Reverse description: Horse right, wing motif above, pellet sun below
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: South Cambridgeshire District Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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