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Unique ID: SF-729FDD
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver Iron Age unit of the Iceni, Boar/Horse type, c.10 BC-43 AD. The coin has a dished flan but is well struck and in a good state of preservation. As Hobbs nos. 3473-3511; VA659.
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 42
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.88 g
Diameter: 13.68 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 2015
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Unit (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Iceni
Geographic provenance: British East Anglia
British Museum Catalogue type: Hobbs nos. 3473-3511x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 659
Obverse description: Boar right, pellet ring(?) above. Below and below tail a pellet, pellet border.
Reverse description: Horse right, pellets on shoulder, wheel and pellet-triangle(?) above, pellet-ring variant below. Pellets below tail, pellet triangle(?) above tail.
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Status: Regular
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.