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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-4E66EC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A plated silver Iron Age unit of the Southern Region / Regini and Atrebates, struck for Verica, AD 10-40, 'Verica Cavalry Duo' type. Obverse: Uncertain. Reverse: VERI-C[A], Warrior on horse right holding spear. As ABC p. 73, no. 1238; Hobbs nos. 1360-1392; VA 530-1.
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
Thickness: 1.84 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 11.43 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th September 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Unit (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Verica
Tribe: Atrebates
Geographic provenance: British Southern
British Museum Catalogue type: Nos. 1360-1392x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 530.01
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 1238
Obverse description: Uncertain
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Warrior on horse right holding spear
Reverse inscription: VERI-C[A]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Contemporary copy (Plated copy)
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Tarring Neville
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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