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COIN HOARD
Unique ID: DOR-7951CB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
CHARMINSTER, DORSET
26 base silver staters of the British Iron Age (South Western uninscribed (Durotrigan) type. Two are stuck together (image 9). Cf. ABC 2169 (BMC 2555-2636) although no. 8 may be ABC 2160 (BMC 2662/2690).
Weights by no. in plate order:
1. 3.18g
2. 2.34g
3. 2.40g
4. 2.56g
5. 2.38g
6. 3.01g
7. 2.73g
8. 3.56g
9. 2 coins fused together: total 5.83g
10. 2.44g
11. 2.74g
12. 1.46g
13. 2.12g
14. 2.34g
15. 2.51g
16. 3.58g
17. 2.44g
18. 2.15g
19. 3.25g
20. 2.57g
21. 2.37g
22. 2.22g
23. 2.79g
24. 3.11g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Submitted for consideration as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2015T744
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 50 BC
Date to: Circa AD 50
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 15th September 2015 - Sunday 27th September 2015
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2015T744
Materials and construction
Primary material: Base Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Charminster
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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