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COIN
Unique ID: FASAM-2A6C45
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Gold Iron Age Gallo-Belgic stater of the Bellovaci tribe, type Ab, prob. 3a, dating to c. 180-100 BC. Wreathed bust left / chariot left. ABC (Rudd) p. 28, no. 4; J. Sills, Gaulish and Early British Gold Coinage p. 141, cf. 3a.
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 AD 180
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 7.5 g
Diameter: 24 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 26th September 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Stater (gold)
Tribe: Bellovaci
Geographic provenance: Continental Belgic
Allen Type: G-B AB1
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 4
Obverse description: Laureate head left
Obverse inscription: -
Reverse description: Horse left, [charioteer] above
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: South Cambridgeshire
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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