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COIN
Unique ID: KENT-1FBC3B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
An Iron Age copper-alloy unit of the Cantiaci / South Eastern, dating to c. 50-20 BC, 'Curly Lion' type. Head right / lion left. ABC (Rudd) p. 38, no. 282 (from British Numismatic Journal 1992, Coin Register, p. 209, no. 87). This coin is very rare and is not in the British Museum collection.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: For inclusion in British Numismatic Journal ‘Coin Register’
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 50 BC
Date to: Circa 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.3 g
Diameter: 15 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Unit (copper alloy)
Tribe: Cantii
Geographic provenance: British South Eastern
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 282
Obverse description: Head right with curly hair, encircled with rings and pellets
Reverse description: Lion standing left, rings around and pentragram below
Status: Regular
Coin references
- Rudd (ABC) : 282
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
To be known as: Charing
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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