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COIN
Unique ID: BM-AEED37
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A gold Iron Age uninscribed stater, Gallo-Belgic import of the Ambiani, c.60-50 BC, 'Gallic War Uniface' type. Obverse: Plain. Reverse: Sinuous horse right, pellet below, pellets above, eye shaped motif behind. As ABC, p. 28, no. 16.
Notes:
Coin identified from images kindly supplied by the finder
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 50 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 6.18 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 21st January 2019
Personal details
Found by: This information is restricted for your login.
Recorded by: Dr Andrew Brown
Identified by: Mr Richard Ashford
Secondary identifier: Dr Andrew Brown
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Stater (gold)
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 16
Obverse description: Plain
Reverse description: Sinuous horse right, pellet below, pellets above, eye shaped motif behind
Status: Regular
Coin references
- Rudd (ABC) : p. 28, no. 16
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
To be known as: Near Wyton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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