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COIN
Unique ID: FAJN-BAA8B3
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A gold quarter stater; Atrebatic abstract uninscribed type (ABC 2093; Van Arsdell 224-1).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 50 BC
Date to: Circa 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.01 g
Diameter: 13.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 28th April 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ashmolean Museum ID Service 1/5-1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Quarter stater (gold)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Atrebates
Geographic provenance: British Southern
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 224.01
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2093
Obverse description: Devolved head of Apollo right; eight-spoke wheel beneath.
Obverse inscription: none
Reverse description: Horse right with triple tail, pellet above body, eight-spoke wheel above, seven-spoke wheel below.
Reverse inscription: none
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Aldermaston area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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