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COIN
Unique ID: GLO-CCE683
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver unit Western uninscribed. Dobunni 'Cotswold Eagle' type
Obverse: head type B, Crescent hair, stalk lips
Reverse: triple tailed horse, trefoil flower motif below, stylised birds head above
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 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.01 g
Diameter: 14 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st April 2020 - Thursday 1st July 2021
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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: Dobunni
Geographic provenance: British Western
Obverse description: head type B, Crescent hair, stalk lips
Reverse description: triple tailed horse, trefoil flower motif below, stylised birds head above
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
District: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Sodbury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST7381
Four figure Latitude: 51.52726026
Four figure longitude: -2.39059213
1:25K map: ST7381
1:10K map: ST78SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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