Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
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Unique ID: SF-E9E5EC
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete silver Iron Age East Anglian/Icenian unit, dating to the late 1st century BC to early 1st century AD. 'ED(N)' Type. Dished flan.
c.f. Hobbs 1996, nos.4195-97.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 10 BC
Date to: Circa AD 43
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 0.67 g
Diameter: 11.99 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 2015
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Unit (silver)
Ruler/issuer: ED(N)
Tribe: Iceni
Geographic provenance: British East Anglia
Obverse description: Two opposed crescents and with a pellet to each side of the centre, within a hexagon, cross by three alternating plain/pellet lines
Reverse description: Horse right, three pellets on shoulder, part of a pellet ring above, a row of three pellets below. No inscription visible.
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
No references cited so far.