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COIN
Unique ID: SF-7BA891
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver Iron Age unit of the Iceni, boar/horse type, c.10BC-43 AD. Dish-shaped coin similar to Hobbs nos. 3473-3511; VA659. The boar is most similar to number 3478.
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 10 BC
Date to: Circa AD 43
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.75 g
Diameter: 12.98 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 7th September 2010
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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
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 659
Obverse description: Boar right, pellets in front, pellet border
Reverse description: Horse right,wheel above, pellet-ring variant below
Die axis measurement: 11 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: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Sutton
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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