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COIN
Unique ID: DOR-C68694
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver stater of the British Iron Age. A South Western (Durotrigian) uninscribed stater. Stylised wreath on the obverse and a stylised horse on the reverse.Worn an corroded.
Date: Late Iron Age- circa 50 BC - AD 50
Diameter: 15.60 mm
Weight:1.38 g
Notes:
Illegible - no image
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 50 BC
Date to: Circa AD 50
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.38 g
Diameter: 15.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 19th February 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Stater (silver)
Tribe: Durotriges
Geographic provenance: British South Western
Obverse description: Stylised wreath
Obverse inscription: n/a
Reverse description: Stylised horse
Reverse inscription: n/a
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
To be known as: Spetisbury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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