Record ID: LON-8F8854 - IRON AGE coin

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Coin

Unique ID: LON-8F8854

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Iron Age copper tin alloy coin: potin of Thurrock type

An Iron Age copper tin alloy coin: potin, Thurrock type dating 150-100BC. Hobbs no. 661.

Obverse: Head left
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse: Bull butting right
Reverse inscription: MA
Die axis measurement: 6.00

Dimensions: diameter: 18.46mm; weight: 3.53g.

Reference: Hobbs, R. 1996. British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum. British Museum Press: London.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: IRON AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 150 BC
Date to: Circa 100 BC

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 3.53 g
Diameter: 18.46 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Potin (Cast bronze) [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Secondary ruler/issuer: Uninscribed [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Tribe: Uninscribed [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Geographic provenance: British Not defined (early uninscribed) [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Mack Type: Not attributed [scope notes | View all attributed records
Obverse description: Head left
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Bull butting right
Reverse inscription: MA
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine [scope notes | View all attributed records]

Coin references

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Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Kent
District: Dartford
Parish: Southfleet

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TQ6364
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [view all attributed records]

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