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COIN
Unique ID: FASAM-29C0F6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Gold quarter stater, QC of the Southern Region / Atrebates: Stylised head and Triple-tailed horse, 50-20BC. BMC Hobbs p. 71, 478-84; Rudd ABC 503
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 50 BC
Date to: Circa 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 14 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 11th February 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Quarter stater (gold)
Tribe: Atrebates
Geographic provenance: British Southern
British Museum Catalogue type: 478x
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 503
Obverse description: Stylised head right / wreath design
Reverse description: Triple-tailed horse right; above, floral sun; below, wheel
Status: Regular
Coin references
- BMC : Hobbs 478-84
- Rudd (ABC) : 503
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
To be known as: Stratford District
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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