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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-C385DC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Iron Age debased silver Cranborne Chase stater dating to c 58 BC-AD 43. The stater is of the Durotriges. The obverse depicts part of a wreath, a cloak and crescents. The reverse depicts a disjoined horse facing left with a rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs (the back two legs and tail have been worn away). There is a pellet below the horse and 12 pellets above. Cf Rudd, C, 2010, Ancient British Coins, Chris Rudd Aylsham 2010 p 110 no ABC 2157.
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 58 BC
Date to: Circa AD 43
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.25 g
Diameter: 19.08 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4401
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Stater (silver)
Tribe: Durotriges
Geographic provenance: British South Western
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2157
Obverse description: Wreath, cloak and crescents.
Reverse description: A disjointed horse facing left with a rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs with a pellet below the horse and 12 pellets above.
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Status: Regular
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: Salisbury
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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