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COIN
Unique ID: NARC-3CB195
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A struck copper alloy coin minted in Marseilles in the third or second centuries BC. It is possible that this coin is a contemporary imitation.
Reverse: bull right. MA above.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: For inclusion in British Numismatic Journal ‘Coin Register’
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Period from: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Period to: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Date from: Circa 300 BC
Date to: Circa 150 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.22 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 8th October 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Potin (Cast bronze) view all attributed records
Obverse description: head left
Reverse description: bull right
Reverse inscription: MA
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Brington and Molesworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL0676
Four figure Latitude: 52.37180033
Four figure longitude: -0.44443818
1:25K map: TL0676
1:10K map: TL07NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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