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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-832AC5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A complete gold Iron Age uninscribed quarter stater of the Southern Region / Belgae, dating to the period c.60-20 BC, 'Hampshire Thunderbolt' type. Obverse: Stylised boat with two standing figures? Reverse: Cruciform thunderbolt motif, various objects in the angles. As ABC, p. 58, no. 767; BMC (Hobbs), nos. 129-136.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: with finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 60 BC
Date to: Circa 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.4 g
Diameter: 12 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th February 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Quarter stater (gold)
Tribe: Uninscribed
Geographic provenance: British Not defined (early uninscribed)
British Museum Catalogue type: Nos. 129-136x
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 767
Obverse description: Stylised boat with two standing figures?
Reverse description: Cruciform thunderbolt motif, various objects in the angles
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Status: Regular
Coin references
- Rudd (ABC) : p. 58, no. 767
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Hart (District)
To be known as: Near Farnham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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