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COIN
Unique ID: BH-758CE0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Iron Age copper-alloy unit: 'Northern Bronze of Cunobelin'. Minted AD c. 10 - 40.
Refs: British Museum nos. 1944 - 1951 (Hobbs 1996: 133); Van Arsdell no. 2095 (1989: 422); Mack no. 246 (1975: 91), ABC 2966.
Diameter: 13.5mm; thickness: 3.1mm; weight: 1g.
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 AD 10
Date to: Circa AD 40
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 13.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 19th November 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 13/89 - 18
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Unit (copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Cunobelin
Tribe: Trinovantes
Geographic provenance: British Eastern
British Museum Catalogue type: 1944 - 195120x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 2095.01
Obverse description: Head right.
Obverse inscription: [CVNOBE-LINVS RIX]
Reverse description: Bull butting right.
Reverse inscription: [TASC] (below)
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Uttlesford (District)
To be known as: Farnham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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