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Unique ID: SF-3297B4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A worn copper-alloy Iron Age unit, possibly a Trinovantian unit of Tasciovanus, c.50 BC-10 AD. Similar to Hobbs nos. 1724-1727.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 50 BC
Date to: Circa AD 10
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.4 g
Diameter: 12.49 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st August 2011
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Unit (copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Tasciovanus
Tribe: Trinovantes
Geographic provenance: British Eastern
British Museum Catalogue type: 1724x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 1750
Obverse description: Head right within pelleted border
Reverse description: Quadruped right, hind quarters raised, transverse lines above the back of the animal suggestive of an arm and/or leg of a rider
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
No references cited so far.