ESS-F66F70: ESS-F66F70 Iron Age coin: uninscribed quarter stater

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COIN

Unique ID: ESS-F66F70

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

Iron Age gold coin: Probably a British QC uninscribed quarter stater. Hobbs p71 no 478ff.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: 55 BC
Date to: 45 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.36 g
Diameter: 11.39 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 25th October 2009

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: OEF 6002

Materials and construction

Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Coin data (numismatics)


Denomination: Quarter stater (gold)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Secondary ruler/issuer:
Geographic provenance: British Not defined (early uninscribed)
Obverse description: Abstract head of Apollo, right
Reverse description: Horse, right with flower (circle with radiating lines) above and pellet below

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Babergh (District)
Parish or ward: Lavenham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL9151
Four figure Latitude: 52.124302
Four figure longitude: 0.788714
1:25K map: TL9151
1:10K map: TL95SW
Grid reference source: From finder
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

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Audit data

Recording Institution: ESS
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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