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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-B4C048
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A late Iron Age gold quarter-stater attributed to the Corieltavi. This type of coin is known as a 'scyphate'.
Obverse: abstract boar right
Reverse: large reversed 'S' with pellet in ring terminals, five pointed star with pellet centre to left and right, crescents above and below.
The coin is flatter than most scyphates, which are usually dished. It is unclear whether this is an original feature or due to post-depositional factors.
This coin is probably a variant of ABC 1770/Hobbs 3178ff.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 20 BC
Date to: Circa AD 43
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.82 mm
Width: 16.08 mm
Weight: 1.4 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Scyphate unit
Tribe: Corieltavi
Geographic provenance: British North Eastern
Obverse description: Abstract boar
Reverse description: Reversed 'S' with pellet in annulet terminals, star to left and right, crescents above and below
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Sedgebrook (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8338
Four figure Latitude: 52.932996
Four figure longitude: -0.76659906
1:25K map: SK8338
1:10K map: SK83NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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