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COIN
Unique ID: BM-23AF67
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An Iron Age inscribed silver unit of the Eastern Anglian region / Iceni, probably struck by Antedios, c.AD 10-30, 'Antedios Antd D-Bar' type. Obverse: Two opposed crescents crossed by five alternating plain and pellet lines. Reverse: [AN]TÐ, Horse right with large oval head and pellet eye, S below head, two pellets below tail, pellet ring above horse, pellet triangle and a diagonal row of three pellets above the monogram. As ABC 1645; BMC 3856-3959.
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 AD 10
Date to: Circa AD 30
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.01 g
Diameter: 13 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1985
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Unit (silver)
Ruler/issuer: ANTED (Iceni)
Tribe: Iceni
Geographic provenance: British East Anglia
British Museum Catalogue type: 3800x
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 1645
Obverse description: Two opposed crescents crossed by five alternating plain and pellet lines
Reverse description: Horse right with large oval head and pellet eye, S below head, two pellets below tail, pellet ring above horse, pellet triangle and a diagonal row of three pellets above the monogram
Reverse inscription: [AN]TÐ
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Fenland (District)
To be known as: Stonea Grange
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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