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COIN
Unique ID: SF-7280E3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn copper-alloy Iron Age coin, probably a Trinovantian unit of Cunobelin, c.1-43 AD. Reverse: CVNO, A horse left, pellet ring(?) above, possibly wavy line below horse with legend in exergue. As Van Arsdell no. 2085-1; Hobbs nos. 1900-1901. The coin has a slightly dished profile, with corrosion to both faces and the obverse struck slightly off centre.
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 1
Date to: Circa AD 42
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.24 g
Diameter: 14.95 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Other
Ruler/issuer: Cunobelin
Tribe: Trinovantes
Geographic provenance: British Eastern
British Museum Catalogue type: Hobbs 1900-1901x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 2085.01
Mint or issue place: Colchester |
Obverse description: Romanised head left, the legend in front
Obverse inscription: CAMV[L?]
Reverse description: A horse left, pellet ring(?) above, possibly wavy line below horse with legend in exergue
Reverse inscription: CVNO
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Barnadiston
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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