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COIN

Unique ID: SUSS-F81BF7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An Iron Age uninscribed silver unit of Commios, dating from c. 50-20 BC. One face depicts a head facing left, with lentoid eye, curved ladder for hair; the other face depicts a horse left, horizontal E above and uncertain animal below. Cf. ABC 1040.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 50 BC
Date to: Circa 20 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.75 mm
Weight: 1.12 g
Diameter: 11.89 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 23rd August 2008

Rally details.

This object was found at Firle Rally 5

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Unit (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Commios
Tribe: Atrebates
Geographic provenance: Continental Belgic
British Museum Catalogue type: 1040x
Obverse description: Head facing left with lentoid eye and curved ladder for hair.
Obverse inscription: uninscribed
Reverse description: Horse left, horizontal E symbol above, uncertain attribute below.
Reverse inscription: uninscribed
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Wealden (District)
Parish or ward: Alciston (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ5004
Four figure Latitude: 50.816129
Four figure longitude: 0.127941
1:25K map: TQ5004
1:10K map: TQ50SW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SUSS
Created: 13 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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