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COIN
Unique ID: SF-2BC65E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver uninscribed half-unit of the Iceni/East Anglian region, dating c. 40-20 BC. Rudd's 'Freckenham Boar' type, ABC 1573. Obverse: stick-like boar right, sexfoil between legs, pellets above. Reverse: stylised horse right, pellet rosettes above and below.
This coin can be die-linked with another recorded by the CCI, see CCI-104 on the PAS database.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: For inclusion in British Numismatic Journal ‘Coin Register’
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 40 BC
Date to: Circa 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 10.75 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 3rd April 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Half unit (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Iceni
Geographic provenance: British East Anglia
Allen Type: BH
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 1573
Obverse description: Stick-like boar right, sexfoil between legs, pellets above
Reverse description: Stylised horse right, pellet rosettes above and below
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Wordwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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