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COIN
Unique ID: SF-E65BC4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver Iron Age unit of the Iceni, Early Face/Horse series Bury type A, c.50-15 BC. The coin is dished and slightly oval in shape.
It belongs to Talbot's die group 2, with obverse die E and reverse die 7 (Talbot, 2006, p. 218-219). As Hobbs no. 3524-3527, VA 80-1.
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 50 BC
Date to: Circa 15 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.37 g
Diameter: 15.82 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Unit (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Iceni
Geographic provenance: British East Anglia
British Museum Catalogue type: 3524-3527x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 80.01
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 1495
Obverse description: Diademed head left with two headed serpent forming reversed s-shape in front, hair in ringlets
Reverse description: Realistic horse left, mane formed of small s-shaped motifs, pellet and ring below the horse, large pellet and ring with central pellet above surrounded by smaller pellet and rings
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Debenham
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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