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COIN
Unique ID: BH-89E9D5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn and corroded Late Iron Age bronze unit. The remaining details suggest this may be a coin of Cunobelin (cf. Hobbs 1996: 1968-1971). Measures 15.4mm in diameter, 3.1mm thick and weighs 2.27g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa AD 10
Date to: Circa AD 40
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 2.27 g
Diameter: 15.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 6th February 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 11/54 - 9
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Unit (copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Cunobelin
Tribe: Trinovantes
British Museum Catalogue type: 1968x
Obverse description: (Head left)
Obverse inscription: No lettering visible.
Reverse description: (Centaur right)
Reverse inscription: No lettering visible.
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Baldock
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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