CAM-32DD59: Iron Age Coin : Copper-alloy unit of Cunobelin - inscribed TASC.

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Unique ID: CAM-32DD59

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

An Iron Age copper-alloy unit of the North Thames region / Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, probably struck for Cunobelin, dating to the period AD 10-40, 'Cunobelinus Rex' type. Obverse: CVNOBE-LINVS REX, Bust right. Reverse: Bull butting right, TASC in exergue. As ABC p. 141, no. 2966; Hobbs, 1996: p. 133, nos. 1944-1951.Die axis is 3 o'clock. Weight is 2.03g, diameter is 16.6mm.

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
Weight: 2.03 g
Diameter: 16.6 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 13th October 2016 - Monday 30th January 2017

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Unit (copper alloy)
Geographic provenance: British South Eastern
British Museum Catalogue type: nos. 1944-1951x
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2966
Obverse description: Bust right
Obverse inscription: CVNOBE-LINVS REX
Reverse description: Bull butting right
Reverse inscription: TASC (in exergue)
Status: Regular

Coin references

Rudd (ABC) : p. 141, no. 2966

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Fen Drayton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL3367
Four figure Latitude: 52.28505326
Four figure longitude: -0.05162802
1:25K map: TL3367
1:10K map: TL36NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Hobbs, R.	1996	British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum	London	British Museum Press	pp.133, pl.62,	no.1943-1951

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