OXON-AEE6D4: Iron Age coin: Selsey Dahlia stater

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COIN

Unique ID: OXON-AEE6D4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete gold quarter stater of the Southern Regini/Artebates tribe dating to the period c. 60 - 50 BC. Selsey Dahlia type. The obverse depicts wreath design with hidden face. The reverse depicts a triple-tail horse facing right with a pellet-line mane; above, flower; before, pellets and crescent with central dot; below wheel. This appears to be the same die as that illustrated in ABC. ABC 500, BMC 489 - 495.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: MRC
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 50 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1.4 g
Diameter: 14.4 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 5th November 2017

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: OXPAS2018.313

Materials and construction

Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Quarter Stater (copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Atrebates
Geographic provenance: British Southern
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 500
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Bradfield (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU5872
Four figure Latitude: 51.44402961
Four figure longitude: -1.16684838
1:25K map: SU5872
1:10K map: SU57SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: MRC
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: OXON
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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