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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-CD65B3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver British Iron Age unit dating to the period 50-20 BC. Uninscribed north-eastern early 'boar/horse' type. Hobbs no.3212, 3214-3220.
Length: 13.0mm, width: 13.0mm, thickness: 2.0mm, weight: 0.85g
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 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 0.85 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 11th November 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Unit (silver)
Obverse description: Crude boar right with long neck. Two rings with pellets in the centre above and one below.
Reverse description: Horse right. A pellet ring above. A pellet and pellet in ring below.
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
To be known as: Tugby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobbs, R. | 1996 | British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum | London | British Museum Press | 177 | no.3212, 3214-3220 |
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