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Description: | Four Iron Age East Anglian silver units (one of which was a plated copy with a copper alloy core). These are traditionally attributed to the Iceni, who are known to have inhabited an area covering Norfolk and parts of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire in the Roman period (and perhaps before).The coins are identified as follows:Inscribed East Anglian pattern-horse silver unit (probably of Anted although the inscription cannot be read) (cf ABC 1645, BMC 3800ff). Weight: 0.86g, diameter 13mm.Inscribed East Anglian pattern-horse silver unit (probably of Anted although the inscription cannot be read) (cf ABC 1645, BMC 3800ff). Weight: 0.76g, diameter 14mm.Inscribed East Anglian pattern-horse silver unit inscribed with the monogram ANTED on the reverse (ABC 1645, BMC 3856). Weight: 0.81g, diameter 14mm.4. Plated copy of an uninscribed East Anglian silver unit of regular Face/Horse type (cf ABC 1567, BMC 3605). Weight: 1.19g; diameter 13mm.AD 20-50.The coins were found together and are of contemporary local types issued in the first half of the first century AD. As a hoard of two or more coins, over 300 years old and consisting of at least 10% precious metal, these items therefore qualify as treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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