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COIN
Unique ID: DEV-85B967
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A silver Iron Age quarter stater of the South Western region / Durotriges, dating to the period c.60-20 BC, Duro Boat Bird type. Obverse: 'Three men in a boat' design, pellet rosette to left. Reverse: Zig-zag across field, Y-shaped and uncertain objects to each side. As ABC, p. 112, no. 2208; BMC nos. 2734-2747.
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 60 BC
Date to: Circa 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 1.06 g
Diameter: 11.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2018 - Thursday 18th October 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC Receipt 017894
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Quarter stater (silver)
Tribe: Durotriges
Geographic provenance: British South Western
British Museum Catalogue type: Nos. 2734-2747x
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2208
Obverse description: 'Three men in a boat' design, pellet rosette to left.
Reverse description: Zig-zag across field, Y-shaped and uncertain objects to each side.
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Tarrant Crawford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST9202
Four figure Latitude: 50.81748884
Four figure longitude: -2.11492901
1:25K map: ST9202
1:10K map: ST90SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottam, E., de Jersey, P., Rudd, C. and Sills, J. | 2010 | Ancient British Coins | Aylsham | Chris Rudd | 112 |
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