BH-265C64: Iron Age coin: silver unit of East Anglian 'ANTED' type

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COIN

Unique ID: BH-265C64

Object type certainty: Certain
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A Late Iron silver unit; East Anglian Silver Inscribed 'ANTED' (cf. British Museum nos. 3960-4009).

Measures 12.3mm in diameter, 1.3mm thick and weighs 0.8g.

Class: Silver unit

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa AD 10
Date to: Circa AD 40

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 12.3 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 19th June 2011

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Ver 11/132 - 22

Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)


Denomination: Unit (silver)
Ruler/issuer: ANTED (Iceni)
Tribe: Iceni
Geographic provenance: British East Anglia
British Museum Catalogue type: 3960x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 711.0
Obverse description: Two opposed crescents and two pellets in hexagon, over five pellet/plain lines.
Obverse inscription: No legend.
Reverse description: Horse right, (three pellets on shoulder); below head, reversed 'S' symbol and pellet; below horse, triangular arrangement of three pellets, plus line of three pellets.
Reverse inscription: (ATD)
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
To be known as: Stilton

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

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Updated: 9 years ago

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