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COIN
Unique ID: HAMP-B908D8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Iron Age gold quarter stater of the southern region, attributed to the Belgae (c. 60-20 BC). Uninscribed, "Hampshire Thunderbolt" type. Obverse: stylised boat with two figures. Reverse: cruciform thunderbolt motif with objects in angles. As ABC 767.
For a similar item please see HAMP-6737BB.
Notes:
Recorded remotely using information and photographs supplied by 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 60 BC
Date to: Circa 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 5th February 2022
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Quarter stater (gold)
Geographic provenance: British Eastern
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 767
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Status: Regular
Coin references
- Rudd (ABC) : 767
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Itchen Stoke and Ovington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5529
Four figure Latitude: 51.05771527
Four figure longitude: -1.21660484
1:25K map: SU5529
1:10K map: SU52NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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