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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-5C983E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Iron Age gold quarter stater. ABC 2107, 'Vale of Pewsey' type, c.50-35BC.
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
Weight: 0.84 g
Diameter: 10.68 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B16-219
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Quarter stater (gold)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Geographic provenance: British Southern
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2107
Obverse description: A horse going left with pellets and rings above and below
Reverse description: A cruciform pattern with a crudely rendered wreath with crescents below
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Swindon (Unitary Authority)
District: Swindon (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Chiseldon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU2078
Four figure Latitude: 51.50058718
Four figure longitude: -1.71326502
1:25K map: SU2078
1:10K map: SU27NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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