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COIN
Unique ID: SUSS-A5EB60
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn Iron Age uninscribed uniface gold stater of a Selsey type, dating to c.60-20 BC.
The obverse depicts a triple-tailed horse right with wheel below and charioteer's arm above. The reverse is plain. The coin is worn and slightly damaged at the edge. The coin is 16.9mm in diameter, 2.4mm thick and weighs 5.8g.
Cf. Rudd 2010, p. 47, ABC 488. VA 216, BMC 461-75, Ev.B10, Al.QB, M 59, S 39.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 60 BC
Date to: Circa 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 5.8 g
Diameter: 16.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 14th June 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Stater (gold)
Tribe: Uninscribed
Geographic provenance: British Not defined (early uninscribed)
British Museum Catalogue type: BMC 461-75x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 216.01
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 488
Obverse description: Triple-tailed horse right, wheel below, charioteer's arm above.
Reverse description: Plain
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Chichester (District)
Parish or ward: Funtington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU8307
Four figure Latitude: 50.85656754
Four figure longitude: -0.82217044
1:25K map: SU8307
1:10K map: SU80NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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