SF-F215BA: Iron Age coin: Trinovantian stater of Dubnovellaunos

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COIN

Unique ID: SF-F215BA

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

A gold Iron Age Trinovantian stater of Dubnovellaunos, c.30 BC-14 AD. As Hobbs nos. 2437-2439; VA1650var. The coin is struck from a pinkish coloured gold with a dished profile that is thinner at one edge of the coin than the other.

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 30 BC
Date to: Circa AD 14

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 5.35 g
Diameter: 17.56 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st April 2014

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)


Denomination: Stater (gold)
Ruler/issuer: Dubnovellaunos
Tribe: Trinovantes
Geographic provenance: British Eastern
British Museum Catalogue type: Hobbs nos. 2437-2439x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 1650
Obverse description: Two opposed crescents with linear wreath, on either side a pellet-in-ring
Reverse description: Horse left, above pellet-in-ring with pellets to either side, below a leaf and two(?) pellet-in-ring, a pellet below the head.
Reverse inscription: []VALLAV[]
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Babergh (District)
To be known as: Chattisham

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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