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COIN
Unique ID: BH-B28541
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Iron Age silver unit of Cunobelin, dating to the period AD c. 10-c. 40. Ref.: Van Arsdell no. 1951-1.
Diameter: 13.4mm; thickness: 1.8mm. Weight: 1.2g.
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 AD 10
Date to: Circa AD 40
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 13.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st December 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 15/187 - 6
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Unit (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Cunobelin
Tribe: Trinovantes
Geographic provenance: British Eastern
Obverse description: Inscribed tablet with text in two lines; star above and below; pellet border.
Obverse inscription: CVNO/BELI
Reverse description: Warrior on horseback, facing right, raising arms; pellet border; legend below horse.
Reverse inscription: [C]VN
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
To be known as: Chalgrove
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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