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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-095B51
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Iron Age uninscribed base gold stater of East Wiltshire, "Savernake Forest" type, dating to c 50-35 BC. Obverse: plain. Reverse: skinny horse, right with a pellet mane and solar spiral above and large below, with various pellets around. As ABC 2091.
Notes:
Recorded from details emailed by the finder.
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 35 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 3.48 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 29th August 2020
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Stater (gold)
British Museum Catalogue type: 361-364x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 1526.01
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2091
Obverse description: Plain
Reverse description: A skinny horse facing right with a pellet mane and a solar spiral above and large wheel below and various pellets around.
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Swindon (Unitary Authority)
District: Swindon (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Chiseldon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU1980
Four figure Latitude: 51.51860417
Four figure longitude: -1.72756407
1:25K map: SU1980
1:10K map: SU18SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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