WILT-7B15F4: Iron Age coin : Verica Unit of the Atrebates

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COIN

Unique ID: WILT-7B15F4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Iron Age silver 'Verica' Unit of the Atrebates (second coinage), 13mm in diameter and weighing 1.25g. The reverse is slightly dished, with slight wear. Obverse: Large ring around central pellet in ring VERICA COMM F all within pellet border Reverse: Lion right, crescent above, REX below all within pellet border Date: 20-25 A.D. Reference: Van Arsdell 505-1; Mack 123; Hobbs 1332 et seq.

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: AD 20
Date to: AD 25

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.25 g
Diameter: 13 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 2009

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: UKDFD Ref. No. - 19997

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Unit (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Verica
Secondary ruler/issuer:
Geographic provenance: British Southern
Obverse description: Large ring around central pellet in ring
Obverse inscription: VERICA COMM F all within pellet border
Reverse description: Lion right, crescent above, REX below all within pellet border

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Quarley (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU2743
Four figure Latitude: 51.185595
Four figure longitude: -1.615066
1:25K map: SU2743
1:10K map: SU24SE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Reference
Hobbs, R.	1996	British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum	London	British Museum Press	1332 et seq
Mack, R.P.	1975	The Coinage of Ancient Britain	London	Spink and Son Ltd	123
van Arsdell, R.D.	1989	Celtic Coinage of Britain	London	Spink and Son Ltd	505-1

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