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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-CA86C5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An Iron Age cast copper-alloy potin (Thurrock MA type) of the Cantiaci / Kent / South-Eastern, dating to the later 2nd century BC. Obverse: Head of Apollo left; reverse: Butting bull, (MA) above. Rudd ABC 120; VA 1406.
Notes:
Identified by David Holman
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 175 BC
Date to: Circa 140 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.4 mm
Width: 16.2 mm
Thickness: 4.34 mm
Weight: 3.88 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 8th March 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Potin (Cast bronze)
Tribe: Cantii
Geographic provenance: British South Eastern
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 120
Obverse description: Head of Apollo left
Reverse description: Bull butting right
Reverse inscription: (MA)
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
To be known as: Near Deal
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| van Arsdell, R.D. | 1989 | Celtic Coinage of Britain | London | Spink and Son Ltd | VA 1406 |
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