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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-41D0DB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Three copper alloy coins of uncertain date and ruler discovered within 10-15 feet of each other on cultivated land. All are possibly ancient in date, perhaps c.2nd century BC to 410 AD, although close identification is problematic due to the preservation of the objects and alater date range cannot be ruled out entirely.
Coin 1: 18mm in diameter, 3.5g. Uncertain copper-alloy coin with worn motifs on both faces. Perhaps a barbarous copy, or alternatively more modern (foreign?) in date.
Coin 2: 18mm in diameter, 3.7g. Uncertain copper-alloy coin. One face depicting worn geometric motifs comprising pellets and transverse lines. The opposite face uncertain but with possible stylised wreath motif? Possibly Iron Age?
Coin 3: 17mm in diameter, 4.2g. Uncertain Iron Age coin. Obverse(?) face is illegible. Reverse(?) face possibly depicting a standing figure left (Victory?).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 200 BC
Date to: Circa AD 409
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 3
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st August 2016 - Tuesday 23rd August 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Ruler/issuer: Uncertain - 4th century
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Colchester (District)
To be known as: Eight Ash Green
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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