SOMDOR-E00920: Iron Age Coin: Uninscribed South-Western Stater

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COIN

Unique ID: SOMDOR-E00920

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper alloy Uninscribed South-Western ('Durotrigian') stater of late Iron Age date. There are traces of a silver coating on the reverse.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 50 BC
Date to: Circa AD 50

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.5 g
Diameter: 18 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 14th December 2006

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Stater (copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Obverse description: Stylised head of Apollo, right
Obverse inscription: N/A
Reverse description: Stylised horse, left
Reverse inscription: N/A
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Probably

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Burleston

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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