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COIN
Unique ID: BH-28C940
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A late Iron Age bronze unit, c. 50 BC - c. 50 AD.
Dimensions: 14mm diameter, 2.3mm thick. Weight: 1.75g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 50 BC
Date to: Circa AD 50
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 1.75 g
Diameter: 14 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 25th November 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 11/201 - 76
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Unit (copper alloy)
Tribe: Trinovantes
Geographic provenance: British Eastern
Obverse description: Quadruped right.
Obverse inscription: No lettering visible.
Reverse description: (Quadruped right)
Reverse inscription: No lettering visible.
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Ashwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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