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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-DDE9D5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A complete Iron Age early uninscribed gold quarter stater, dating to c.60-20 BC. 'Selsey Dahlia' type with wreath design and hidden face/triple tailed horse with no mane. ABC (Rudd) p. 48, no. 503; Van Arsdell 220; BMC 478. The coin diameter is 13.83 mm .1.15 mm thick and weighs 1.342 grams. The coin is in very fine condition.
Class: Quarter Stater
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 60 BC
Date to: Circa 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.15 mm
Weight: 1.342 g
Diameter: 13.83 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Quarter stater (gold)
Tribe: Atrebates
Geographic provenance: British Southern
British Museum Catalogue type: 478x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 220.01
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 503
Obverse description: Abstracted head of Appolo right, with hidden face,
Reverse description: Triple tailed horse without mane right, ornament above and spoked wheel below.
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Status: Regular
Coin references
- Rudd (ABC) : 503
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
To be known as: Nr Wimborne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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