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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-659B04
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A silver Iron Age unit of the North Eastern Region / Corieltavi, c.50-20 BC, South Ferriby Plain type. Obverse: Boar right with uncertain motifs above and below. Reverse: Stylised horse right with double upper front legs, solid head, pellet ring above. The coin is slightly dished and is thinner in the area of the edge deformation. As ABC p. 95 no. 1803; BMC pp. 177-178, nos. 3218-3227.
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 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 1.15 g
Diameter: 14.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 23rd October 2016
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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: Uninscribed
Tribe: Corieltavi
Geographic provenance: British North Eastern
British Museum Catalogue type: 3218-3227x
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 1803
Obverse description: Boar right with uncertain motifs above and below.
Reverse description: Stylised horse right with double upper front legs, solid head, pellet ring above
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Metheringham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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