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COIN
Unique ID: NARC1165
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: 75 BC
Date to: AD 43
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 1.32 g
Diameter: 13.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2001 - Thursday 1st March 2001
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Unit (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Tasciovanus
Obverse description: TASC inside a rectangle, which is inside two pellet rings and ring
Reverse description: rider holding a pointed oval shield on a horse facing left with line below
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
District: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HAVERSHAM CUM LITTLE LINFORD
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobbs, R. | 1996 | British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum | London | British Museum Press | 118/53 | 1677 | |
| van Arsdell, R.D. | 1989 | Celtic Coinage of Britain | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 1800 |
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