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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-150DB2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A gold Iron Age Gallo-Belgic broad flan AB1 stater, probably attribuated to the Bellovaci, dating to the period c.175-100 BC, 'Broad Flan Left' type. Obverse: Flamboyant wreathed bust left, with big hair. Reverse: Horse left, charioteer above. See Sills (2003: pp. 144-145; cf. Fig. 33 and especially 33j) Class 5, nos. 294-297; Scheers class VIIIb; ABC, p. 28, no. 4.
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 175 BC
Date to: Circa 100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 7.4 g
Diameter: 22.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 2004
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Stater (gold)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Bellovaci
Geographic provenance: Continental Gallo-Belgic
Allen Type: G-B AB1
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 4
Obverse description: Flamboyant wreathed bust left with big hair
Reverse description: Disjointed horse left, charioteer above
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Probably
Coin references
- Rudd (ABC) : p. 28, no. 4.
- Sills, Gaulish and Early British Gold Coinage : pp. 144-145; cf. Fig. 33 and especially 33j
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Guildford (District)
Parish or ward: Ripley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ0555
Four figure Latitude: 51.284471
Four figure longitude: -0.495791
1:25K map: TQ0555
1:10K map: TQ05NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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