Rights Holder: Surrey County Council
CC License:
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
Unique ID: SUR-DF621A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published
An uninscribed Iron Age gold quarter stater of the North Thames / Eastern region, dating to the period c.60-20 BC, Essex Wheels type. Obverse: Wreath, cloak, and crescents, wheel at top of flan. Reverse: Horse right, wheel below, onion-like motif above. As ABC, p. 115, no. 2231; BMC nos. 485, 496.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 60 BC
Date to: Circa 20 BC
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 1.36 g
Diameter: 15.6 mm
This information is restricted for your access level.
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Quarter stater (gold)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Trinovantes
Geographic provenance: British Eastern
British Museum Catalogue type: nos. 485, 496x
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2231
Obverse description: Wreath, cloak, and crescents, wheel at top of flan.
Reverse description: Horse right, wheel below, onion-like motif above
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
4 Figure: TQ6297
Four figure Latitude: 51.64845861
Four figure longitude: 0.34016362
1:25K map: TQ6297
1:10K map: TQ69NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
No references cited so far.