HAMP-9B6883: Iron Age coin: Quarter stater of Early Uninscribed 'O' type

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COIN

Unique ID: HAMP-9B6883

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A gold Early Uninscribed 'O' - 'Geometric' type Iron Age quarter stater dating to the 1st-century BC (c. 65 - c. 58 BC; Hobbs 1996, 68; ref. 416; VA 1225-1)

Notes:

This record was made at a Finds Event (Gosport, 16 July 2007) and may thus fall below our usual standards of recording.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 65 BC
Date to: Circa 58 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 11.25 mm
Width: 10.7 mm
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Weight: 1.05 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1982 - Thursday 1st January 1987

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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
Secondary ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Geographic provenance: British South Western
Obverse description: Miscellaneous x, below crescent l, to left pellet-ring f
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Line a, to right miscellaneous y & miscellaneous z, to left miscellaneous y & miscellaneous 28
Reverse inscription: None
Degree of wear: Worn: fine

Coin references

Van Arsdell (VA) : 1225-1 (p. 292)
Hobbs (BM) : 416 (p. 68)

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Compton and Shawford (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU4726
Four figure Latitude: 51.03145
Four figure longitude: -1.331133
1:25K map: SU4726
1:10K map: SU42NE
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

References cited

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Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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