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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-7F5721
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An Iron Age silver unit East Wiltshire Helmet Lyre type dating to the period c. 50 - 35 BC. Obverse depicts helmeted head left. Reverse depicts horse left, pellets on chest and rump, three-string lyre above, cogwheel in pellet in ring below. Cf. ABC 2117.
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 35 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.79 g
Diameter: 12.54 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5129
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Unit (silver)
Geographic provenance: British Western
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2117
Obverse description: Helmeted head left.
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Horse facing left, pellets on chest and rump, three-string lyre above, cogwheel in pellet in ring below
Reverse inscription: None
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Swindon (Unitary Authority)
District: Swindon (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Wroughton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU1279
Four figure Latitude: 51.50980344
Four figure longitude: -1.8284814
1:25K map: SU1279
1:10K map: SU17NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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