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Unique ID: BH-044D46
Object type certainty: Certain
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An Iron Age copper-alloy unit: 'Northern Bronze of Cunobelin'. British Museum nos. 1944 - 1951 (Hobbs 1996: 133); Van Arsdell no. 2095 (1989: 422); Mack no. 246 (1975: 91).
Diameter: 15.4mm; thickness: 2.2mm; weight: 1.72g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa AD 10
Date to: Circa AD 40
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Weight: 1.72 g
Diameter: 15.4 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 2nd August 2013
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Other reference: Ver 13/112 - 1
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Unit (copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Cunobelin
Tribe: Trinovantes
Geographic provenance: British Eastern
British Museum Catalogue type: 1944 - 1951x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 2095.01
Obverse description: Head right.
Obverse inscription: [CVNOBE-LINVS RIX]
Reverse description: Bull butting right.
Reverse inscription: [TASC] (below)
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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