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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-F607FD
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A gold Iron Age quarter stater of the Eastern Region / Iceni, dating to the period c.20 BC-AD 10, Irstead Trefoil type. Obverse: Latticed square on two opposed crescents, projecting branch above and below, pellet in ring on each side. Reverse: Horse stepping right with open head, trefoil above, pellet in ring below. As ABC p. 81, no. 1474; BMC no. 3436.
Notes:
Finder ref.: 0322-31
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 20 BC
Date to: Circa AD 10
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.05 g
Diameter: 10.33 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st March 2022 - Thursday 31st March 2022
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Quarter stater (gold)
Tribe: Iceni
Geographic provenance: British East Anglia
Allen Type: BRI ND
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 628.01
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 1474
Obverse description: Latticed square on two opposed crescents, projecting branch above and below, pellet in ring on each side.
Reverse description: Horse stepping right with open head, trefoil above, pellet in ring below
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
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