BM-F602B7: Iron Age coin: stater of the South Western Region / Durotriges

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COIN

Unique ID: BM-F602B7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A worn copper-alloy Iron Age stater of the South Western Region / Durotriges, c.50 BC-AD 43, Hod Hill type. Obverse: Wreath, cloak, and crescents. Reverse: Disjointed horse left, rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs, pellet below, many pellets above. As ABC p.111, no. 2175; BMC nos. 2790-2859.

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 AD 42

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.01 g
Diameter: 17 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st June 2015

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Stater (copper alloy)
Tribe: Durotriges
Geographic provenance: British South Western
British Museum Catalogue type: 2790-2859x
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2175
Obverse description: Wreath, cloak, and crescents.
Reverse description: Disjointed horse left, rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs, pellet below, many pellets above
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Status: Regular

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Kingston Deverill (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST8436
Four figure Latitude: 51.12305664
Four figure longitude: -2.22999623
1:25K map: ST8436
1:10K map: ST83NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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