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COIN
Unique ID: SF-AC6875
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
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 actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 50 BC
Date to: Circa AD 43
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.77 g
Diameter: 12.92 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
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
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Dalham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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