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COIN
Unique ID: YORYM-3C4727
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Notes:
This preservation and patina suggests this is not an ancient loss. Greek coins are very rare as site finds in Britain.
Chronology
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Period from: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.6 g
Diameter: 19.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st April 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Obverse description: Head of Zeus Ammon right
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: ? Ship's prow
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Near Bridlington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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