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COIN
Unique ID: BH-98F857
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A contemporary plated forgery (some gilding remaining on copper-alloy core) of a British Iron Age North Eastern stater, c. 40 - 10 BC. This is a copy of an uninscribed 'Ferriby' type stater (attributed to the Corieltavi). British Museum nos. 3167 - 3171 (Hobbs 1996).
Dimensions: 19.2mm diameter, 1.8mm thick. Weight: 2.81g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 40 BC
Date to: Circa 10 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 2.81 g
Diameter: 19.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 11/189 - 161
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Stater (gold)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Corieltavi
Geographic provenance: British North Eastern
Obverse description: Line with forked ends, crescent on each end; pair of short, parallel ridges on either side of line.
Obverse inscription: No legend.
Reverse description: Abstract horse left, unidentifiable symbols around.
Reverse inscription: No legend.
Status: Contemporary copy (Plated copy)
Status qualifier: Certain
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