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COIN

Unique ID: KENT-CF9AA1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A cast copper alloy Iron Age Potin, Class I type. Obverse has a head right, plain border. The reverse has a bull butting left. 80 - 50 BC. Hobbs 1996 p83, ref 690.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 80 BC
Date to: Circa 50 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 1.97 g
Diameter: 17.2 mm

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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: Head right
Reverse description: bull butting right
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Status: Regular

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Tonbridge and Malling (District)
Parish or ward: Wrotham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ5859
Four figure Latitude: 51.308188
Four figure longitude: 0.265414
1:25K map: TQ5859
1:10K map: TQ55NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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	83	690

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Recording Institution: KENT
Created: 13 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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