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Object type certainty: Certain
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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 action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 30 BC
Date to: Circa AD 14
Quantity: 1
Weight: 5.35 g
Diameter: 17.56 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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
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