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Unique ID: CORN-E20ED6
Object type certainty: Certain
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Copper alloy stater of South Western uninscribed type minted by the Durotriges of Dorset and Somerset in the first century AD.
British Museum Catalogue Type: 2790; ABC 2175; 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 action after recording: Returned to finder
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
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Weight: 1.85 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 20th June 2017 - Tuesday 20th June 2017
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Stater (copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Durotriges
Geographic provenance: British South Western
British Museum Catalogue type: 2790x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 1290.01
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2175
Obverse description: Devolved head comprising of diagonal line from edge to centre which bisects a wreath of two rows of oval pellets.
Obverse inscription: none
Reverse description: Devolved horse facing left with only one crescent visible for the body, a row of four pellets above this, and the front leg with the upper pellet remaining. In exergue line 'k' with zig-zag line alternating with small pellets.
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
4 Figure: SW5840
Four figure Latitude: 50.21040947
Four figure longitude: -5.39315583
1:25K map: SW5840
1:10K map: SW50SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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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 | plate 88 | no.2790 | |
van Arsdell, R.D. | 1989 | Celtic Coinage of Britain | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 302 | no.1290-1 |