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COIN
Unique ID: WAW-496BF7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Iron Age gold quarter stater from the Western region. This coin is CCI 02.0496.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.15 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: CCI 02.0496
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Stater (copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Obverse description: Plain.
Obverse inscription: No legend.
Reverse description: Horse right with pellet in a ring above, below the head a pellet and possible ring, and below the torso a possible animal facing left. Crescent above the tail.
Reverse inscription: No legend.
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
Parish or ward: Alfrick (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7653
Four figure Latitude: 52.174731
Four figure longitude: -2.352372
1:25K map: SO7653
1:10K map: SO75SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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