SF-FCD8E0: Iron Age coin

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COIN

Unique ID: SF-FCD8E0

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Silver Iron Age coin fragment, "Early Face Horse" type (Gregory 1992 type Ca).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: 50 BC
Date to: AD 10

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.61 g
Diameter: 16 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2001

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Fragment

Coin data (numismatics)


Denomination: Unit (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Obverse description: the front only survives of the face with "coffee-bean mouth" and curved outline behind - similar to Hobbs 3541
Reverse description: horse to r with branched tail, pellet below tail; pellet in ring above; small pellet in ring below. Hobbs 3546 has a similar style of tail. But there is a curving line above the horse, very close to the break, which is shown on any of this group in Hobbs

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: Wickham Skeith

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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