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COIN
Unique ID: SF-22DFEB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An uninscribed silver unit struck for the East Anglian Iceni, dating c. 40-20 BC. Variant of Rudd's 'Punk Head' type, c.f ABC no. 1525. Obverse: Male head right with braided hair, large oval eye, pellet-in-beaded ring motifs in front. Reverse: horse walking right, pellet-in-ring and pellet-in-beaded ring motifs above and in front, corn-ear between legs.
Rudd comments in reference to this coin's most common form: 'The basic type encompasses a number of extremely rare variants, often difficult to distinguish because of the worn state in which these coins usually occur. These include a bearded head on the obverse, apparently breathing fire, and the replacement of the phallic symbol beneath the horse with a corn-ear motif.' (Rudd 2015, p. 83). This coin is the first of its type to be recorded on the PAS database.
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 40 BC
Date to: Circa 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.34 g
Diameter: 17.03 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 27th June 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Unit (silver)
Tribe: Iceni
Geographic provenance: British East Anglia
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 1525
Obverse description: Male head right with braided hair and large oval eye, pellet-in-ring and pellet-in-beaded ring motifs in front
Obverse inscription: none
Reverse description: Horse walking right, pellet-in-ring and pellet-in-beade dring motifs in front and above, corn ear between horse's legs
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Freckenham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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