COIN

Unique ID: SOM-9A27AB

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 40 BC
Date to: Circa AD 10

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 17.9 mm
Width: 15.9 mm
Thickness: 3.9 mm
Weight: 2.82 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 22nd July 2018 - Monday 22nd October 2018

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCC Receipt 017933

Materials and construction

Primary material: Base Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Stater (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Durotriges
Geographic provenance: British South Western
British Museum Catalogue type: 2555ffx
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 1235.01
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2169
Obverse description: Devolved head comprising of diagonal line from edge to centre, terminating in a crescent. The line bisects a wreath of two rows of oval pellets. One open crescent, or ear, in front of the terminal of the diagonal and a second above. Below the crescent terminal is the edge of a striped robe
Obverse inscription: none
Reverse description: Devolved horse facing left two crescents for the body. Eleven pellets in three rows above and a pellet below the body. one vertical lines survives that represent a lef on the left of the horse, there would have likely been two more although the coin is too worn and chipped to tell.
Reverse inscription: none
Die axis measurement: 8 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain