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COIN
Unique ID: BH-997235
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An Iron Age gold uninscribed quarter stater, Gallo-Belgic Ab import of the Bellovaci, c.175-80 BC, Gallo-Belgic Broad Flan left type. Obverse: Wreathed head left. Reverse: Stylised horse left. As ABC p. 29, no.31; Sills nos. 304-315, especially cf.nos. 308-310.
Notes:
Recorded from image and data provided by finder.
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 175 BC
Date to: Circa 80 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st November 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Quarter stater (gold)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Bellovaci
Geographic provenance: Continental Belgic
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 31
Obverse description: Wreathed head left.
Reverse description: Stylised horse left
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Uttlesford (District)
To be known as: Near Great Dunmow
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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