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COIN
Unique ID: SUSS-B2D467
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Iron Age uninscribed gold quarter stater, dating to c. 60-20 BC. One face is undecorated save for a small off-centre pellet; the other face is decorated with an indistinct pattern of lines which have yet to be identified as a particular form or figure. For an exact parallel, cf. ABC 536; Cf. also, VA 1229; BMC 428-32.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 60 BC
Date to: Circa 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 11.7 mm
Width: 11.41 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 1.34 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 5th May 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: Uninscribed
Geographic provenance: British Not defined (early uninscribed)
British Museum Catalogue type: 428x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 1229.
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 536
Obverse description: Off-centre raised pellet.
Reverse description: Indistinct raised linear pattern.
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Horsham (District)
To be known as: Near Steyning
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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