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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-1D7ADA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A probable lead alloy forgery based on an inscribed silver unit of the Corieltauvi, possibly imitating ABC 1896 'Vepo ring silver half unit', though the poor definition of the horse in particular is more akin to the discombobulated state of the beast appearing on gold staters; the size, thickness and weight also have more in common with the gold Iron Age coins than the silver. The inscribed silver coinage would bear a date of Haselgrove period 3 phase 8, AD 10-40, but its forgery might rather relate to the period 1990-2010.
Obverse description: wreath with extra leaves in a square arrangement to right; an exergual line appears above these figures.
Reverse description: Celticised horse, though the one pair of legs seem to go the wrong way.
Diameter: 19.3mm, Weight: 6.84gms.
The obverse motifs seen on this coin are almost identical - including the moulded line - to that seen on a lead copy of a stater from Thimbleby, several miles to the south-east of the present find spot (LIN-963E91)
Further lead alloy objects bearing Iron Age coin motifs are also known in the region: LIN-B8D9B9, LIN-B8C44E, LIN-B89EFD, NLM-7CADE3 and NLM-4A834B. These are also thought to be modern forgeries.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 2000
Date to: Circa AD 2016
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 6.84 g
Diameter: 19.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st May 2016 - Tuesday 10th May 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Langton By Wragby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF1576
Four figure Latitude: 53.26853293
Four figure longitude: -0.27712445
1:25K map: TF1576
1:10K map: TF17NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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