Rights Holder: Northamptonshire County Council
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Unique ID: NARC-2B6157
Object type certainty: Certain
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Copper alloy Iron Age coin. Potin. Class I type.
Obverse: stylised head of Apollo
Reverse: bull advancing left
References: Van Arsdell, 108.30; Spinks, 63; Hobbs BMC, Plate 26, 698 - 710.
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.97 g
Diameter: 20 mm
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Potin (Cast bronze)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Cantii
Geographic provenance: British South Eastern
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 108
Obverse description: Crude Apollo head
Reverse description: Bull charging left
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Status: Regular
4 Figure: TL5312
Four figure Latitude: 51.785744
Four figure longitude: 0.216766
1:25K map: TL5312
1:10K map: TL51SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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