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COIN
Unique ID: YORYM-29E728
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
British Iron Age gold stater; uninscribed Ferriby type of the North Eastern (Corieltavi). Similar to Hobbs, p173, plate 102, 3162.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 80 BC
Date to: Circa 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.9 mm
Weight: 5.2 g
Diameter: 18.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st May 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Stater (gold)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Corieltavi
Geographic provenance: British North Eastern
British Museum Catalogue type: 0x
Obverse description: Stylised laureate bust right
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Disjointed horse
Reverse inscription: None
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
- Hobbs (BM) : similar to 3162
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Welton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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