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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-60E243
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Iron Age early uninscribed British B 'Chute' type gold Durotrigian stater, measuring 17-18mm, weighing 6.19g, reverse dished, some wear.
Obverse: Abstract head of Apollo facing right
Reverse: Disjointed horse going left
Coins of this type were produced in the Dorset-Wiltshire-Isle of Wight area in around 80-60 BC. During the late Iron Age this area is thought to have been inhabited by a people known as the Durotriges.
Reference: Van A 1205-1; BMC 35-76; ABC 746
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 80 BC
Date to: Circa 60 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 6.19 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 7th February 2012 - Tuesday 3rd April 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum Entry Form no.3836
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Stater (gold)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Durotriges
Geographic provenance: British South Western
British Museum Catalogue type: 35x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 1205.
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 746
Obverse description: Abstract head of Apollo facing right
Reverse description: Disjointed horse going left
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
To be known as: Nether Wallop
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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