Find Spot record SLY 046 - Gold stater

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Summary

Gold stater, found metal detecting (on IMDC rally 1986)

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Grid reference	Centred TM 2282 3625 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet	TM23NW
Civil Parish	SHOTLEY, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Full Description

Gold stater, found metal detecting (on IMDC rally 1986)(S1). Obv: indistinct, portions of laureate head of Apollo. Rev: disintegrated horse to r. formed of crescents, dots and lines. Worn. Similar to Mack no. 47, Clacton type 1 stater, British F. Rare coin - for similar example see CHL 028.
Also note Republican coin, circa 150 BC, from SLY 052 to S. Within cropmark complex SLY 009

Sources/Archives (3)

<S1> SSF21342 (No record type): Smith A, Clacton, IMDC, per Newman J, SAU Ipswich, 1988.
<M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: finds report.
<M2> SSF39620 (No record type): Photograph:.

Finds (1)

FSF11434: COIN (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 10 2017 4:13PM