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COIN
Unique ID: NARC1166
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
British Iron Age uninscribed silver unit, Western (Dobunnic) type. "Dobunnic IJ" series, perhaps c. AD 20-50?
ABC (Rudd et al.) 2036 = VA (Van Arsdell) 1135 = BMC 3003.
Notes:
Note both images (obverse and reverse) are upside down (Ian Leins, 01/03/2011)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 20 BC
Date to: Circa AD 50
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 0.92 g
Diameter: 12.36 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st December 2000 - Thursday 1st March 2001
Personal details
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Unit (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Dobunni
Geographic provenance: British Western
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 1135.01
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2036
Obverse description: Abstract head facing right
Reverse description: Horse facing right, ring and crescent decoration above and "flower" 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
- van Arsdell, R.D., 1989 Celtic Coinage of Britain London: Spink and Son Ltd , 1135
- Hobbs, R., 1996 British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum London: British Museum Press 167/96 , 3003
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1 comment
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Mark Schollar wrote @ 10:11:36 on the 28th December 2010.
I don't understand if this is an uninscribed unit, why it has the attribution of Anted on the record?
It looks like an uninscribed Dubonni AR unit (Mack no 383).
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