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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-659AC3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Gold Iron age stater, North Eastern uniface Ferriby type, VA811-7, BM 3173, 50-10BC
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 10 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 5.21 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 23rd November 2007
Personal details
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Stater (gold)
Geographic provenance: British Eastern
British Museum Catalogue type: 3173x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 811.07
Obverse description: horse left with shaft flanked by pellets above back, rosette/star below
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Charnwood (District)
Parish or ward: Thurcaston and Cropston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5610
Four figure Latitude: 52.68480693
Four figure longitude: -1.17302745
1:25K map: SK5610
1:10K map: SK51SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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