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WILT-9B6DA5: silver unit

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COIN

Unique ID: WILT-9B6DA5

Object type certainty: Certain
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Iron Age silver unit of Hobbs' Uninscribed Western Silver Regular Type.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.03 g
Diameter: 13.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2004

Personal details

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver

Coin data (numismatics)


Denomination: Unit (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Obverse description: Head facing right (profile 2), pellet-in-ring on chin.
Reverse description: Horse left, pellet-in-ring on shoulder and rump and beneath neck. Animal n above, Animal o (with a slimmer neck) below. Three pellet-in-rings around animal o.

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: Great Bedwyn

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Hobbs, R. 1996 British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum London British Museum Press Plate 94 no.2950

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Audit data

Recording Institution: WILT
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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