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COIN
Unique ID: SF-4B9F92
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A gold Iron Age uninscribed East Anglian quarter stater of Irstead type, c.40-10 BC. As Hobbs no. 3436; VA 628
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 40 BC
Date to: Circa 10 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.02 g
Diameter: 10.52 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st October 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Quarter stater (gold)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Iceni
Geographic provenance: British East Anglia
British Museum Catalogue type: Hobbs no. 3436x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 628.01
Obverse description: Quadral (S) crossed by six curved lines, leaf c to either side with two pellets and two ring and dot motifs
Reverse description: A horse right, left foreleg raised, above triplet h, pellet(?) in ring below
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Hacheston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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