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COIN
Unique ID: SF-0E376A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a gold Iron Age stater, dating to the mid to late 1st century AD. Uninscribed East Anglian 'Freckenham' Type.
Hobbs, 188, no.3385, VA 620-7.
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 50 BC
Date to: Circa 1 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.18 mm
Width: 9.63 mm
Thickness: 2.94 mm
Weight: 2.31 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Stater (gold)
Geographic provenance: British Eastern
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 620.07
Obverse description: 2 opposed crescents with three pellets in cusps, above a star. Lower part missing.
Reverse description: The front end of a horse with its rear missing, below a star
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Darsham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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