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COIN
Unique ID: SOM-EC5CA5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
British Iron Age copper alloy core from a plated copy of a gold stater of Tincomarus Southern (Atrebates), VA 375; BMC 766.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 20 BC
Date to: Circa AD 10
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.9 mm
Weight: 3.15 g
Diameter: 16.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 4th July 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC reciept 020840
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Stater (gold)
Ruler/issuer: Tincomarus
Tribe: Atrebates
Geographic provenance: British Southern
British Museum Catalogue type: 766x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 375.0
Obverse description: Recessed rectangle with raised legend within it
Obverse inscription: (TIN)C
Reverse description: Man riding rearing horse going right, his right arm raised, C below, star above horse head
Die axis measurement: 8 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Contemporary copy (Core of plated copy)
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Castleton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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