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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-E9CB47
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver washed copper alloy Iron Age contemporary copy of a silver unit dating to the period c. AD 10 - 43. Possibly a copy of the Dobunni Cotswold Eagle type.
Cf. Rudd, 2010, pp. 108. Possibly ABC No. 2018 or 2021.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa AD 10
Date to: Circa AD 43
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.59 g
Diameter: 11.89 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: WHM 1592
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Unit (copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Secondary ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Uninscribed
Geographic provenance: British Not defined (early uninscribed)
Obverse description: Moon head facing right.
Obverse inscription: N/A
Reverse description: Horse facing left
Reverse inscription: N/A
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Status: Contemporary copy
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Near Devizes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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