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Unique ID: LEIC-839C48
Object type certainty: Certain
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A copper alloy (possibly with high tin content) Iron Age uninscribed British potin of early to c.mid-1st century BC date. Bull butting right reverse type. Hobbs Class I (c.f. p.82, no.667). VA Type 108ff.
Diameter: 19.2mm, thickness: 2.2mm, weight: 2.44g
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Exactly 100 BC
Date to: Circa 50 BC
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Weight: 2.44 g
Diameter: 19.2 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 18th February 2014
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Potin (Cast bronze)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Uninscribed
Geographic provenance: British Not defined (early uninscribed)
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 108
Obverse description: Crude head left in profile, ex. line a, plain border, above two crecents
Reverse description: Bull butting right
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
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