Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
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Unique ID: SF-8C8074
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A very worn gold Iron Age quarter stater of uncertain type, c.40 BC-43 AD. The coin is slightly dished and the reverse(?) face is now almost entirely illegible due to post-depositional damage and wear.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 40 BC
Date to: Circa AD 42
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.15 g
Diameter: 10.24 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st October 2013
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Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Quarter stater (gold)
Obverse description: Horse right, tail curving downwards. Uncertain foliate or animal motif above horse, at least one ring behind the tail
Reverse description: A crescent to one side of the flan? The remainder illegible.
Status: Regular
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
No references cited so far.