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COIN
Unique ID: LON-55491A
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An Iron Age copper alloy unit, probably of Tasciovanus (20-9 BC), dating 15-10 BC. The obverse is very worn so difficult to discern what it would have depicted. The reverse depicts a horse running left. Although the obverse is no longer legible, the ring and dot at the head and shoulder of the horse, as well as the crescent in the field, are common on the coins of Tasciovanus. The closest parallel is on a silver stater in Hobbs (1996, no. 1654), though the horse is facing in the opposite direction.
Dimensions: diameter: 14.82 mm; weight: 1.46g.
Reference: Hobbs, R. 1996. British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum. London: The Trustees of the British Museumn.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 15 BC
Date to: Circa 10 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.46 g
Diameter: 14.82 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Unit (copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Uninscribed
Geographic provenance: British Not defined (early uninscribed)
British Museum Catalogue type: 1654x
Mint or issue place: Verulamium |
Obverse description: Illegible.
Obverse inscription: Illegible.
Reverse description: Horse running left, ring and dot at head and shoulder. Crescent in field behind and below.
Reverse inscription: N/A
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Probably
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: London (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Southwark (London Borough)
Parish or ward: Rotherhithe (London Borough Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3579
Four figure Latitude: 51.49383345
Four figure longitude: -0.05674007
1:25K map: TQ3579
1:10K map: TQ37NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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