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COIN
Unique ID: CORN-E1CBFA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Iron Age bronze unit, probably of Dubnovellaunos of the Cantiaci (c.25 BC - 5 AD). The obverse appears to have an animal facing left with two horns, which may be a boar with upright ears or tusks in the wrong place. The reverse shows a horse stepping right, with its left foreleg at a right angle, possibly with a rider seated upon its back with the rider's leg extended inside the horse's right foreleg. Both the obverse and reverse of the coin are pitted and corroded, and the coin is incomplete, making further identification difficult. ABC 348.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 25 BC
Date to: Circa AD 5
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 14.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 7th September 2016 - Wednesday 7th September 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Unit (copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Dubnovellaunos
Tribe: Cantii
Geographic provenance: British South Eastern
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 348
Obverse description: possible boar facing left with two parallel extended ears or tusks
Obverse inscription: missing
Reverse description: horse stepping right, with its left foreleg at a right angle, possibly with a rider seated upon its back with the rider's leg extended inside the horse's right foreleg.
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
- Rudd (ABC) : 348
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Gwinear-Gwithian (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW5839
Four figure Latitude: 50.20143178
Four figure longitude: -5.39251859
1:25K map: SW5839
1:10K map: SW59NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottam, E., de Jersey, P., Rudd, C. and Sills, J. | 2010 | Ancient British Coins | Aylsham | Chris Rudd | 40 | no.348 |
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