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COIN
Unique ID: HAMP-FCA2F3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Iron Age silver unit with no direct parallel as yet. The obverse is most similar to Rudd's ABC 2116, the 'Facing Horses' type of the East Wiltshire tribe (dating c.50-35 BC)while the reverse is most similar to the 'Abingdon Zoo' and 'Abingdon Head' types of Rudd's Berkshire tribe (dating c.55-40 BC; ABC 1004 and 1007).
The edges of the flan are a little jagged between 9 and 12 o'clock on obverse. The reverse is dished.
Obverse: Two horses with large pellet eyes rearing face to face, beaded double U-shape between their open mouths. Below another pair of horses, heads turned away from each other, curved necks touching, lozenge-shape below. Between the four horses an eight-pronged sun. Pellet and ring in field.
Reverse: Horse right with ladder mane, sun with pellet centre in front (probably eight prongs, only seven visible; edge damaged); boar below, smaller fatter horse vertically arranged above to left of field (nose downwards).
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
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 35 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.9 mm
Width: 14.5 mm
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 1.08 g
Diameter: 15.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 13th March 2016 - Sunday 13th March 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Unit (silver)
Tribe: Uninscribed
Geographic provenance: British Not defined (early uninscribed)
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2116
Obverse description: Two horses with large pellet eyes rearing face to face, beaded double U-shape between their open mouths. Below another pair of horses, heads turned away from each other, curved necks touching, lozenge-shape below. Between the four horses an eight-pronged sun. Pellet and ring in field.
Reverse description: Horse right with ladder mane, sun with pellet centre in front (probably eight prongs, only seven visible; edge damaged); boar below, smaller fatter horse vertically arranged above to left of field (nose downwards).
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
- Rudd (ABC) : Obverse 2116; reverse 1004 and 1007
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: East Hampshire (District)
To be known as: Froxfield
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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