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COIN
Unique ID: IOW-80642E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete and worn Iron Age silver uninscribed South-Western type stater (c. 50 BC-c. 20 BC). The coin is attributed to the Durotriges.
Obverse: Degraded head of Apollo right.
Reverse: Disjointed and pelleted horse left.
Diameter: 19.0mm. Weight: 2.99g. DA=12:4.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
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 50 BC
Date to: Circa 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.99 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 16th December 2017 - Saturday 16th December 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2017-7-339
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Stater (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Durotriges
Geographic provenance: British South Western
Obverse description: Degraded head of Apollo right
Obverse inscription: Disjointed and pelleted horse left
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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