Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
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Unique ID: SF-8F5047
Object type certainty: Certain
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A very worn copper-alloy probable Iron Age unit of the North Thames region / Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, dating to the period AD 10-40. This seems most likely to be Rudd's 'Cunobelinus Bull Sacrificing' type. Obverse: Pegasus right, [CV] above, [NO] below. Reverse: Victory stabbing a bull right, [TASCI] below. As ABC, p. 141, no. 2972; BMC 1913-1919.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa AD 10
Date to: Circa AD 40
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.48 g
Diameter: 13.5 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 19th December 2017
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Unit (copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Cunobelin
Tribe: Trinovantes
Geographic provenance: British Eastern
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2972
Obverse description: Pegasus right, [CV] above, [NO] below.
Reverse description: Victory stabbing a bull right, [TASCI] below
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
No references cited so far.