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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-F0B857
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper-alloy unit of the Eastern region, attributed to Cunobelin and dating to the period AD 10 to 40. The reverse depicts a centaur blowing a horn. ABC p. 141, no. 2957
Notes:
Previously verified by P. de Jersey and allocated reference CCI 08.9217
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Date from: Circa AD 10
Date to: Circa AD 40
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 12.97 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 19th September 1998
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Coin data (numismatics)
Celtic Coin Index Number: CCiI 2008.9217
Denomination: Unit (copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Cunobelin
Tribe: Trinovantes
Geographic provenance: British Eastern
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2957
Obverse description: Head left
Obverse inscription: [...]
Reverse description: Centaur right, blowing horn.
Reverse inscription: [T]AS[CIOVANI F]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: St. Albans (District)
To be known as: Nr Wheathampstead
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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