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COIN
Unique ID: SF-62A236
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An East Anglian (Iceni) gold Freckenham type stater, c.50-1 BC. The gold appears coppery in colour and shows some signs of wear and corrosion, perhaps suggestive of a lower grade alloy. It is as Hobbs no. 3385, VA620-4.
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 50 BC
Date to: Circa 1 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.56 g
Diameter: 16.87 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2012
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: SEY 017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Stater (gold)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Iceni
Geographic provenance: British East Anglia
British Museum Catalogue type: 0x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 620.04
Obverse description: Two opposed crescents with two pellets in cusps, above a star, below a pellet-triangle and star
Reverse description: Horse right, above pellet-ring(?), below pellet and star h, pellet below tail, pellet triangle(?) above tail.
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
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