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COIN
Unique ID: SF-5031D2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A gold quarter stater of the Southern Region / Regini, probably dating c. 60-20 BC, 'Ratham Dotty Wreath' type. Obverse: Wreath motif, many dots around the leaves. Reverse: Three-tailed horse right, large solar flower above, wheel below. As ABC, p. 51, no. 578.
This is the first example of this type recorded through the PAS.
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
Weight: 1.22 g
Diameter: 12.04 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 30th August 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Quarter stater (gold)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Regini
Geographic provenance: British Southern
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 578
Obverse description: Wreath motif, many dots around the leaves
Reverse description: Three-tailed horse right, large solar flower above, wheel below.
Status: Regular
Coin references
- Rudd (ABC) : p. 51, no. 578
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Chichester (District)
Parish or ward: Compton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7615
Four figure Latitude: 50.92945493
Four figure longitude: -0.91993923
1:25K map: SU7615
1:10K map: SU71NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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