Rights Holder: St. Albans District Council
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Unique ID: BH-DF8CB4
Object type certainty: Certain
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An Iron Age copper-alloy unit of 'Uncertain Northern Bronze' type. British Museum nos. 2450 - 2452 (Hobbs 1996: 147); Van Arsdell no. 1615 (1989: 351); Mack no. 274 (1975: 102).
Diameter: 14.1mm; thickness: 1.9mm; weight: 1.4g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 20 BC
Date to: Circa AD 10
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 1.4 g
Diameter: 14.1 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 30th June 2013
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Other reference: Ver 13/115 - 1
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Unit (copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Trinovantes
Geographic provenance: British Eastern
British Museum Catalogue type: 2450-2452x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 1615.01
Obverse description: (Head left), with long, corded hair.
Obverse inscription: No legend.
Reverse description: Horse left; pellet-in-ring at front of body; larger pellet-in-ring/wheel above horse, two pellets below this; pellet-in-ring above tail, pellet below tail.
Reverse inscription: No legend.
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
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.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Hobbs, R. | 1996 | British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum | London | British Museum Press | |||
van Arsdell, R.D. | 1989 | Celtic Coinage of Britain | London | Spink and Son Ltd |