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COIN
Unique ID: HAMP-BC579E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn Iron Age cast copper-alloy Thurrock/ Kent Primary type potin of the Cantiaci dating to c.175 - 140 B.C. Obverse: degraded head left. Reverse: degraded butting bull. As ABC type 120.
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 175 BC
Date to: Circa 140 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.4 mm
Weight: 2.03 g
Diameter: 16.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 8th May 2022
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Potin (Cast bronze)
Tribe: Cantii
Geographic provenance: British South Eastern
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 120
Obverse description: Head, left.
Reverse description: Butting bull, right.
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Canterbury (District)
Parish or ward: Wickhambreaux (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR2259
Four figure Latitude: 51.28684768
Four figure longitude: 1.18230982
1:25K map: TR2259
1:10K map: TR25NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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