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COIN
Unique ID: HAMP-2384C6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An Iron Age copper alloy coin of West Central Gaul, attributed to the Bituriges and/or Lemovices and dating to the late second or early first century BC. It measures 15.20mm in diameter, 6.51mm in thickness and weighs 6.61g.
Reference: Delestree and Tache, Nouvel Atlas, volume III (2007), DT 3413.
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 150 BC
Date to: Circa 50 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 6.51 mm
Weight: 6.61 g
Diameter: 15.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Tuesday 30th April 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Winchester Museums Entry Form 3616
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Other
Tribe: Bituriges
Geographic provenance: Continental Gaulish (West Central)
Obverse description: Bust right
Reverse description: Horse right with possible double tail; above an ostrich-like creature with long neck and four tails.
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Aldermaston
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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