Rights Holder: Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
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Unique ID: WILT-7F0C25
Object type certainty: Certain
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An Iron Age base silver stater of the Durotriges tribe (South Western Region), dating to the period 20 BC-AD 10. Cranborne Chase type. Obverse depicting debased head of Apollo. Reverse depicting a disjointed horse facing left, rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs, pellet below, twelve pellets above. ABC 2169; BMC 2525-46; VA1235.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 20 BC
Date to: Circa AD 10
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.23 g
Diameter: 17.2 mm
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Other reference: SSWM 5426
Primary material: Base Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Stater (silver)
Tribe: Durotriges
Geographic provenance: British South Western
British Museum Catalogue type: 2525-46x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 1235.01
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2169
Obverse description: Obverse depicting debased head of Apollo.
Obverse inscription: None.
Reverse description: Reverse depicting a disjointed horse facing left, rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs, pellet below, twelve pellets above.
Reverse inscription: None.
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Status: Regular
No coin references available.
4 Figure: ST9128
Four figure Latitude: 51.05127417
Four figure longitude: -2.1297745
1:25K map: ST9128
1:10K map: ST92NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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