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COIN
Unique ID: SF-A8EFD2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A gold Iron Age stater of Norfolk Wolf (British J) type, c.1st century BC. It is struck slightly off-centre with dished reverse. As Hobbs no. 217; VA610-2.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 65 BC
Date to: Circa 1 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 5.85 g
Diameter: 18.18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Stater (gold)
Tribe: Uninscribed
Geographic provenance: British Not defined (early uninscribed)
British Museum Catalogue type: 217x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 610.02
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 1396
Obverse description: Stylised wreath motif comprising line crossed by leaf and triplets, crescents before
Reverse description: Wolf right, above pellets and crescent, wheel a and animal k above tail, pellet and crescent below body
Die axis measurement: 8 o'clock
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Hessett
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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