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COIN
Unique ID: CORN-7E8172
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy stater of South Western uninscribed type of the Durotrigian tribe of Dorset, British Museum Catalogue Type: 2819; Van Arsdell Type: 1290-1, which is dated from 30 BC to AD 10, but current thinking now dates them from the first half of the 1st century AD. The style of these coins derive originally from Gallo-Belgic gold staters which were copying Greek gold staters in circulation at the time, with the head of Apollo on the obverse, and a horse and chariot on the reverse. The evolution of this coin's design is: Gallo-Belgic C (imported, early first century BC) to British A and British B (insular, Southern Britain) to South Western silver staters (Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight) to South Western bronzes like this one (Ian Leins pers comm).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa AD 1
Date to: Circa AD 50
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 2.25 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 9th March 2016 - Wednesday 9th March 2016
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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: 2819x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 1290.01
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2175
Obverse description: Very worn devolved head with faint crescents and two dots which are probably part of cuirassed shoulder.
Reverse description: Devolved horse facing left with two crescents for the body. Two rows of six pellets in total above the back to the left of a lentoid chariot wheel. Pellets at tops and terminals of faint legs and straight line forming neck to left with pellet for horse's head.
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Status: Regular
Coin references
- Hobbs (BM) : no.2819
- Van Arsdell (VA) : no.1290-1
- Rudd (ABC) : no.2175
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Tarrant Rushton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST9404
Four figure Latitude: 50.8354984
Four figure longitude: -2.0865721
1:25K map: ST9404
1:10K map: ST90SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottam, E., de Jersey, P., Rudd, C. and Sills, J. | 2010 | Ancient British Coins | Aylsham | Chris Rudd | 111 | no.2175 | |
| Hobbs, R. | 1996 | British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum | London | British Museum Press | 159, pl.90 | no.2819 | |
| van Arsdell, R.D. | 1989 | Celtic Coinage of Britain | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 302 | no.1290-1 |
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