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COIN

Unique ID: SUR-CE048A

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An Iron Age cast copper-alloy potin of the Kent Region / Cantiaci, dating to the early 1st century BC. A degraded primary series / "Thurrock" type or transitional form to the Flat Linear series. Obverse: degraded and highly stylised head of Apollo left, in the form of a curled line "head" over a vertical bar. Reverse: Butting bull right.

Notes:

Possibly attributable to ABC 132 or 141-147 or Holman FL group A2/2-1a.

Recorded from details emailed by the finder.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa 80 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.5 g
Diameter: 18 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 16th August 2020

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Potin (Cast bronze)
Tribe: Cantii
Geographic provenance: British South Eastern
Obverse description: Curled line "head", left, over a vertical bar.
Reverse description: Butting bull right.
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Status: Regular

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
Parish or ward: Shepherdswell with Coldred (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TR2748
Four figure Latitude: 51.18612723
Four figure longitude: 1.24692689
1:25K map: TR2748
1:10K map: TR24NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Cottam, E., de Jersey, P., Rudd, C. and Sills, J.	2010	Ancient British Coins	Aylsham	Chris Rudd
Holman, D.	2016	A NEW CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR THE FLAT LINEAR POTIN COINAGE	London	British Numinastic Journal

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Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 3 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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