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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-B0B1D0
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Gold coin. Lindsey scyphate gold quarter stater of the Corieltauvi. Reversed type. Uninscribed North-Eastern gold 'North Lincolnshire' type NE5-6. BMC 3193. Dating to c.60-20 BC
Obverse: Stylised boar right with pin-cushion bristles on back.
Reverse: Reversed plain s-shape, stylised eyebrow and eyes (pellets in crescents)
Diameter: 13.03 mm, Weight: 1.40g
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance
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 60 BC
Date to: Circa 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.4 g
Diameter: 13.03 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Scyphate unit
Geographic provenance: British Eastern
Obverse description: A raised oval panel with six haphazardly placed indentations on one side.
Reverse description: Central bar with a pellet and three comma-shaped curls to the right with irregular pellets along the top of the arcs
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: East Keal
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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