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COIN
Unique ID: YORYM-6AFCB4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An uninscribed Belgic Gaul issue tin or lead-rich bronze potin type attributed to the Remi, 2nd century BC.
Delestree & Tache, Nouvel Atlas, vol 1, DT 151.
The coin appears to have been pierced and subsequently broken.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 200 BC
Date to: Circa 100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 2.3 g
Diameter: 17.7 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Potin (Cast bronze)
Tribe: Remi
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Brantingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9329
Four figure Latitude: 53.74908357
Four figure longitude: -0.5911716
1:25K map: SE9329
1:10K map: SE92NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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