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COIN
Unique ID: SF-262994
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A very worn copper-alloy coin, possibly of Iron Age date and perhaps a core from a plated copy of an Iron Age stater or similar. It has a dished profile and very worn faces that make close identification of coin type impossible.
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 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 42
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.92 g
Diameter: 15.28 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st September 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: uncertain
Obverse description: Uncertain motif or head?
Reverse description: Uncertain sub-triangular motif
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Clare
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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