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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-976E53
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A complete Iron Age copper-alloy uninscribed stater of the South Western Region / Durotriges, c.50 BC - AD 40, 'Hod Hill' type. Obverse: Wreath, cloak, and crescents. Reverse: Disjointedhorse left. As ABC p. 111, no. 2175. Spink 371.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With finder
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 40
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.3 g
Diameter: 16 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 18th February 2017
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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)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Durotriges
Geographic provenance: British South Western
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2175
Obverse description: Degraded head of Apollo right: wreath, cloak, and crescents
Reverse description: Disjointed and pelleted horse left.
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: West Hill
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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