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COIN
Unique ID: WMID-6F51F7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Gold, Iron Age Stater of Tasciovanus, usually associated with the Eastern Region, mid to late 1st Century BC.
This coinage originated in the region north of the Thames and to the east, with distribution centring on Essex and Hertfordshire.The Northern Region is associated with the Trinovantes and the Catuvellauni tribes. The obverse has the inscription 'TASCIO RICON', Hobbs (1996, p19) argues that RICON could be a variation of 'REX' and mean 'KING'. The coin is concave in shape on the reverse. The reverse depicts a horse facing left with a helmeted rider, his right arm raised holding a sword and a shield in his left hand. There is a ring and dot under the belly of the horse. Other examples can be seen in Hobbs (1996), Numbers 1629 - 1632, p115 (plate 51) and on the database BERK-7163A7.
Diameter: 17.3 mm
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 5.4 g
Reference:
Hobbs, R 'British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum', British Museum Press, 1996.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
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 50 BC
Date to: Circa AD 10
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 5.4 g
Diameter: 17.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 26th October 2014 - Sunday 26th October 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: Tasciovanus
Tribe: Trinovantes
Geographic provenance: British Eastern
British Museum Catalogue type: 1629 - 1632x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 1780.05
Obverse description: TASCIO RICON in quadral (a rectangle with concave short edges). Two pellet lines in between three plain lines vertical behind the quadral. Plain line cross (saltaire) behind the quadral.
Obverse inscription: TASCIO RICON
Reverse description: Horse left with helmeted rider, holding a sword raised in his right hand and a shield in his left. Ring and dot is underneath the horses belly. There is evidence of a pellet border in the bottom right of the coin.
Reverse inscription: No inscription
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Lichfield (District)
Parish or ward: Wigginton and Hopwas (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK1805
Four figure Latitude: 52.64244639
Four figure longitude: -1.73542004
1:25K map: SK1805
1:10K map: SK10NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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