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COIN

Unique ID: HAMP-01DF13

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete Iron Age uninscribed billon stater of South-Western type, attributed to the Durotriges; much of the original flan edge is missing. Probably Rudd's 'Cranborne Chase' billon type (ABC 2169), dating to c.58 BC - AD43.
Cf. ABC no. 2169; VA 1235-1; BMC nos. 2555-2636, 2641-46, 2648-86.

Notes:

The silver content of these staters can vary over a quite wide range perhaps from 70% to 30%, those with a lower silver content likely to be later in the series.

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 58 BC
Date to: Circa AD 43

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.94 g
Diameter: 18.3 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 806

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Silver
Completeness: Incomplete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Stater (copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Durotriges
Geographic provenance: British South Western
British Museum Catalogue type: 2555-2636x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 1235.01
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2169
Obverse description: Wreath with horizontal leaves, bar and crescents.
Reverse description: Disjointed horse left, body of crescents, vertical legs, three horizontal lines for tail, many pellets above body.
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Status: Regular

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Tangley (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU3449
Four figure Latitude: 51.23917237
Four figure longitude: -1.5143471
1:25K map: SU3449
1:10K map: SU34NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Created: 4 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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