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COIN
Unique ID: DOR-F4B227
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy stater. British Iron Age. South West uninscribed (Durotrigian) type. Stylised head of Apollo on the obverse, stylised horse on the reverse.
Date: Late Iron Age - 0 - AD 50
Diameter: 17.82 mm
Weight: 2.87 g
Class: Stater
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa
Date to: Circa AD 50
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.87 g
Diameter: 17.82 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st December 2010 - Sunday 16th January 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 020653
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Stater (copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Durotriges
Geographic provenance: British South Western
Obverse description: Stylised head of Apollo
Obverse inscription: n/a
Reverse description: Stylised horse
Reverse inscription: n/a
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
To be known as: Spetisbury
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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