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Unique ID: BM-231BAA
Object type certainty: Certain
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A worn, incomplete, and double struck Iron Age silver unit of the Eastern Anglian region / Iceni, dating to c.AD 10-43, probably 'Ecen Corn Ear' or related type. Obverse: Double opposed crescents on vertical wreath. Reverse: Horse right with pelletal sun above, pellets below. Cf. ABC p. 89, no. 1657. The coin has been struck twice on both faces: on the obverse ate 12 o'clock and 1 o'clock; and on the reverse at 12 o'clock and 3 o'clock.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa AD 10
Date to: Circa AD 43
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.87 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1985
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Unit (silver)
Ruler/issuer: ECEN/ECE
Tribe: Iceni
Geographic provenance: British East Anglia
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 1657
Obverse description: Double opposed crescents on vertical wreath
Reverse description: Horse right with pelletal sun above, pellets below
Reverse inscription: []
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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