LEIC-78B330: Iron Age Coin: Gold Stater.

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COIN

Unique ID: LEIC-78B330

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

Iron age Gold uninsribed early Stater, VA804, Allen 1963B, 60-50BC.

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 60 BC
Date to: Circa 50 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 22 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 6.23 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Gold
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)


Denomination: Stater (gold)
British Museum Catalogue type: 198,199x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 804
Obverse description: ' wreath' across with triangular forms on one side and two openwork crescents on the other. with solid line crossing.
Reverse description: Horse left, two eye like pellets above head and rump. Pellet between legs and groups of three pellets above back. Exergual line with semi-circles enclosing pellets.
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Status: Regular

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
Parish or ward: Nailstone (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK4207
Four figure Latitude: 52.65910284
Four figure longitude: -1.38049573
1:25K map: SK4207
1:10K map: SK40NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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