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COIN
Unique ID: SF-87D313
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver Iron Age Trinovantian unit of Cunobelin, dating to c. AD 10-43. Obverse; two opposed crescents, a crescent with pellets at the centre, floral pattern above and below, CVN below. Reverse; horseman riding right holding sword, CAM below. As Hobbs nos. 1866-1867, VA 2047. C.f SF-335D18.
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa AD 10
Date to: Circa AD 40
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 13.37 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st June 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Unit (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Cunobelin
Tribe: Catuvellauni and Trinovantes
Geographic provenance: British Eastern
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 2047.01
Mint or issue place: Colchester |
Obverse description: Two opposed crescents, a crescent with pellets at the centre, floral pattern above and below, to the left CV, to the right N. All within a pelleted border.
Obverse inscription: CV N
Reverse description: Horseman right, holding sword, CAM below
Reverse inscription: CAM
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Brockley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobbs, R. | 1996 | British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum | London | British Museum Press | p.129, no.1867 |
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