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COIN
Unique ID: SUSS-7FA2FB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A gold Iron Age quarter stater, probably of the Southern Region / Regini, dating to the period c.60-20 BC, Phallic Geometric type. Obverse: Almost plain, obliterated die. Reverse: Unclear geometric pattern with bars and anemone(?) with pronged feet. cf. ABC p. 50, no. 533; Sills, 2017: p. 103, nos. 135-137 (British Ad2, Geometric); BMC nos. 419-426.
Diameter: 9.65mm; thickness: 2.53mm; weight: 1.59g.
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 60 BC
Date to: Circa 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.53 mm
Weight: 1.59 g
Diameter: 9.65 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Quarter stater (gold)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Atrebates
Geographic provenance: British Southern
British Museum Catalogue type: nos. 419-426x
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 533
Obverse description: Almost plain, obliterated die
Reverse description: Unclear geometric pattern with bars and anemone(?) with pronged feet
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
Parish or ward: Glynde (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ4409
Four figure Latitude: 50.8625841
Four figure longitude: 0.04479135
1:25K map: TQ4409
1:10K map: TQ40NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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