LON-D3B42A: An Iron Age silver unit of Dubnovellaunus dating to the late 1st century BC.

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Unique ID: LON-D3B42A

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An Iron Age silver unit of Dubnovellaunus dating to the late 1st century BC. The coin has a bust facing left on the obverse, with annulets forming the hair and the letters DVB around the edge. The reverse depicts Pegasus leaping right with a ring and dot motif beneath the tail. A rectangular box is underneath Pegasus with the numerals XXXX within. This coin can be found in Hobbs (1996, no. 2443). The coin is in very good condition.

Dimensions: diameter: 12.20 mm; weight: 0.92g.

Reference: Hobbs, R. 1996. British Iron Age Coinage in the British Museum. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 50 BC
Date to: Circa

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.92 g
Diameter: 12.2 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Unit (silver)
British Museum Catalogue type: 2443x
Obverse description: Bust facing left with annulets for hair.
Obverse inscription: DVB
Reverse description: Pegasus leaping right with ring and dot motif beneath the tail. Rectangular box beneath Pegasus with the numerals XXXX within.
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Status: Regular

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Gravesham (District)
Parish or ward: Cobham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ6767
Four figure Latitude: 51.37749155
Four figure longitude: 0.39816677
1:25K map: TQ6767
1:10K map: TQ66NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

References cited

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Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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