Rights Holder: St. Albans District Council
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Unique ID: BH-E3FBAA
Object type certainty: Certain
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An Iron Age cast copper-alloy potin with casting sprue; dating to the period c. 150 - c. 100 BC. Classification: Early Potin Inscribed 'MA' - 'Thurrock' Type. British museum nos. 660 - 667; Van Arsdell nos. 1402/105.
Length: 19.1mm; width: 16.2mm; thickness: 3.7mm. Weight: 3.55g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 150 BC
Date to: Circa 100 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.1 mm
Width: 16.2 mm
Thickness: 3.7 mm
Weight: 3.55 g
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 22nd March 2014
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Other reference: Ver 14/166 - 19
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Potin (Cast bronze)
Geographic provenance: British Not defined (early uninscribed)
Obverse description: Head left.
Obverse inscription: No legend.
Reverse description: Bull butting right or left.
Reverse inscription: [MA]
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Status: Regular
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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