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COIN
Unique ID: ASHM-C27FC8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver Iron Age unit of the British Western area, East Wiltshire tribe dating to the period AD 50-35 BC. Helmet Lyre type. Obverse depicts helmeted head left. Reverse depicts horse left, three-string lyre above, cogwheel in pellet in ring below as ABC 2117.
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Undergoing further examination at a museum
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
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 12.8 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ASHMBD412
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Unit (silver)
Tribe: Uninscribed
Geographic provenance: British Western
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2117
Obverse description: Helmeted head, left.
Reverse description: Triple-tailed horse left, pellets around, three-string lyre above, cogwheel in pellet in ring below.
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Status: Regular
Coin references
- Rudd (ABC) : 2117
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
To be known as: Childrey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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