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COIN
Unique ID: BM-CD5DD3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Potin Iron Age coin of the Cantiaci, dating to c. early first century BC (Reece Period 1), Curved Bull type. ABC (Rudd), p. 34, no. 150
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa 80 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.78 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 25th March 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Other
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Potin (Cast bronze)
Tribe: Cantii
Geographic provenance: British South Eastern
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 150
Obverse description: Outline head left
Reverse description: Outline bull right
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Wycombe (District)
To be known as: Hambleden area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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