COIN

Unique ID: LEIC-1317B8

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Iron age silver North eastern Boar/horse unit.

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: 50 BC
Date to: AD 10

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 0.79 g
Diameter: 14 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 6th March 2008

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Unit (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Secondary ruler/issuer:
Geographic provenance: British North Eastern
Obverse description: right facing boar with spines, ring of pellets above.
Obverse inscription: none
Reverse description: right facing horse (Hobbs 3223) ring of pellets above
Reverse inscription: none
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Knossington and Cold Overton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK8110
Four figure Latitude: 52.681651
Four figure longitude: -0.803276
1:25K map: SK8110
1:10K map: SK81SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.