Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
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Unique ID: SF-AC6875
Object type certainty: Certain
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A very worn copper-alloy coin of Iron Age date, possibly a unit of uncertain Northern type, c.50 BC-43 AD. The coin has a dished profile with very worn obverse that perhaps depicts a head left in profile. It is similar to examples of Northern units, notably Hobbs nos. 2453-2460.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 50 BC
Date to: Circa AD 43
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.77 g
Diameter: 12.92 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Unit (copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Trinovantes
Geographic provenance: British Eastern
British Museum Catalogue type: 2453x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 1646.
Obverse description: Head in profile left?
Reverse description: Horse left, pellet in ring above?
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
No references cited so far.