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Unique ID: ESS-DBFFF1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Iron Age gold coin: "Biga type" quarter stater of Cunobelin (c. AD 10-40) Eastern (Trinovantes). VA 1913 = BMC 1836 = ABC 2771
Obverse: CAMVL (monogram)
Reverse: pair of horses, left, CVNO below
This coin has also been recorded asCCI 10.1014.
Notes:
Ian Leins comments: There are 27 on the online CCI, so, as these are much less common than the later quarters and staters with the corn-ears, I would imagine that there are only around 30-35 known (even with recent finds not yet online).
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Subsequent action after recording: Finder applying for an export licence
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa AD 10
Date to: Circa AD 40
Quantity: 1
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 25th September 2010
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Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Quarter stater (gold)
Ruler/issuer: Cunobelin
Tribe: Trinovantes
Geographic provenance: British Eastern
British Museum Catalogue type: 1836x
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2771
Obverse description: CAMVL (monogram)
Obverse inscription: CAMVL
Reverse description: Reverse: pair of horses, left, CVNO below
Reverse inscription: CVNO
Status: Regular
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