Rights Holder: St. Albans District Council
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Unique ID: BH-502D61
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Late Iron Age gold quarter stater: 'Central Eastern Gold Attributed to Addedomaros'. British Museum no. 2416/Van Arsdell no. 1608.
Dimensions: 13.2mm diameter, 1.4mm thick. Weight: 1.45g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 20 BC
Date to: Circa 10 BC
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 1.45 g
Diameter: 13.2 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 8th January 2012
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Other reference: Ver 12/13 - 2
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Quarter stater (gold)
Ruler/issuer: ADDEDOMAROS
Tribe: Trinovantes
Geographic provenance: British Eastern
British Museum Catalogue type: 2416x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 1608.
Obverse description: Eight-petalled flower head, pellet in each external angle.
Obverse inscription: No legend.
Reverse description: Horse right; above, winged pellet-in-ring, pellet-in-ring; either side of tail, a pellet; below, pellet-in-ring.
Reverse inscription: No legend.
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
No references cited so far.