A complete Late Iron Age, cast, high tin content copper alloy, Cantiaci potin coin class I type Cantian C - Van Arsdell 117-1/119-1or ABC 150/153. Obverse: Crude celticized head outline of Apollo left, no pellet in 'eye' circle with small plain border. Inscription: N/A Reverse: Celticized line bull, charging or butting right made of curved lines. Inscription:N/A. Mint: Kentish. Slightly irregular flan with the remnant of a casting sprue above the head. Very fine slightly worn condition with vertical striations on the obverse only. Grey patina with a few patches of matt pale green surface corrosion. This is likely to date to 100-50BC. Ref. Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2014, page 7 No. 63, Celtic Coinage of Britain, R.D. Van Arsdell, Spink 1989, page 84 No. 117-1 & 119-1, British Iron Age Coins in the BM, Richard Hobbs, BM Trustees 1996, page 82 (plate 25) No. 673 or 675 and Ancient british Coins, Elizabeth Cottam, Philip de Jersey, Chris Rudd, John Sills, Chris Rudd 2000, page 34 ABC150 and 153. The coin is 19.03mm long, 17.24mm wide, 1,28mm thick, diameter 19.03mm and weighs 1.4g.
A complete Late Iron Age, cast, high tin content copper alloy, Cantiaci potin coin class I type Cantian C - Van Arsdell 117-1/119-1or ABC 150/153. Obverse: Crude celticized head outline of Apollo left, no pellet in 'eye' circle with small plain border. Inscription: N/A Reverse: Celticized line bull, charging or butting right made of curved lines. Inscription:N/A. Mint: Kentish. Slightly irregular flan with the remnant of a casting sprue above the head. Very fine slightly worn condition with vertical striations on the obverse only. Grey patina with a few patches of matt pale green surface corrosion. This is likely to date to 100-50BC. Ref. Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2014, page 7 No. 63, Celtic Coinage of Britain, R.D. Van Arsdell, Spink 1989, page 84 No. 117-1 & 119-1, British Iron Age Coins in the BM, Richard Hobbs, BM Trustees 1996, page 82 (plate 25) No. 673 or 675 and Ancient british Coins, Elizabeth Cottam, Philip de Jersey, Chris Rudd, John Sills, Chris Rudd 2000, page 34 ABC150 and 153. The coin is 19.03mm long, 17.24mm wide, 1,28mm thick, diameter 19.03mm and weighs 1.4g.
A RDF representation of KENT-DD218E
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KENT-DD218E
KENT-DD218E
Copper alloy
-0100
-0050
19.03
1.4
Potin (Cast bronze)
Denomination
17.24
Width
19.03
Length
19.03
Diameter
1.28
Thickness
1.4
Weight
South East
Excavated, discovered at, or find spot of object
GB
en-GB
The Trustees of the British Museum
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Attribute as courtesy of the British Museum
A thumbnail image of KENT-DD218E
Copper alloy
Primary material of object
Tin or tin alloy
Secondary material of object
Complete
Crude celticized head outline of Apollo left, no pellet in the 'eye' circle with small plain border
Crude celticized head outline of Apollo left, no pellet in the 'eye' circle with small plain border
Celticized line bull, charging or butting right made of curved lines
Celticized line bull, charging or butting right made of curved lines
Reverse
Oxted
Oxted
51.27744
51.27744
-0.022871
-0.022871
Tandridge
Surrey
By Attribution 3.0
The period from for the object
Attribute as courtesy of the British Museum
A full resolution image of KENT-DD218E
-0100
-0050
Method of manufacture