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COIN
Unique ID: DOR-23B18D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Base silver stater of the British Iron Age. A South Western uniscribed (Durotrigian) type. A stylised wreath on the obverse and a stylised horse on the reverse.
Date: Late Iron Age - c. 40 BC - 20 AD
Diameter: 17.28 mm
Weight:2.33 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 40 BC
Date to: Circa AD 20
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.28 mm
Weight: 2.33 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 5th October 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 016672
Materials and construction
Primary material: Base Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Stater (silver)
Tribe: Durotriges
Geographic provenance: British South Western
Obverse description: Stylised wreath
Obverse inscription: N/A
Reverse description: Stylised horse
Reverse inscription: N/A
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Tolpuddle
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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