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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-EDBC46
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Late Iron Age uninscribed gold quarter stater of the Southern Region - Belgae - 'Hampshire Thunderbolt' type. Dated c 55 - 45 BC. ABC 767.
Obverse description: Stylised boat with two standing figures, incomplete two-headed serpent and pellets to left.
Reverse description: Cruciform thunderbolt motif, various objects in each angle.
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 55 BC
Date to: Circa 45 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.58 mm
Weight: 1.1 g
Diameter: 11.65 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 12th November 2017
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr David Lange
Identified by: Mr David Lange
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Quarter stater (gold)
Geographic provenance: Continental Belgic
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 767
Obverse description: Stylised boat with two standing figures, incomplete two-headed serpent and pellets to left.
Reverse description: Cruciform thunderbolt motif, various objects in each angle.
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Chichester (District)
To be known as: Compton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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