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COIN
Unique ID: HAMP-63F723
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete Iron Age potin, probably a Gallic import with boar reverse type dating to the c.1st century BC. Obverse type is uncertain, possibly a very worn head or bust. The reverse type depicts a boar right(?) with four pellets below. Cf. Allen (BMC), 1995: no. 442, although see also nos. 379-382 for similar reverse types;
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 100 BC
Date to: Circa 1 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.1 g
Diameter: 16.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th September 2015 - Sunday 20th September 2015
Rally details.
This object was found at Danebury Midweek Searchers Rally 18-20 Sept 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 444
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Potin (Cast bronze)
Tribe: Uninscribed
Geographic provenance: Continental Belgic
British Museum Catalogue type: 442x
Obverse description: Uncertain head or bust
Reverse description: A boar right(?) with four pellets below
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Longstock (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3337
Four figure Latitude: 51.13133113
Four figure longitude: -1.52976973
1:25K map: SU3337
1:10K map: SU33NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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