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COIN
Unique ID: BH-B2E7E2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: with finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 50 BC
Date to: Circa 1 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 1.6 g
Diameter: 14.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 10th January 2005
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 05/25 - 4
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Unit (copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Obverse description: Stylised human head facing left
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Horse prancing left, pellet under raised fore-leg, sun formed around pellet-in-ring under horse, pellet-in-ring on horse's chest, pellet under horse's tail.
Reverse inscription: None
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Ashwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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 | 2450 | ||
| van Arsdell, R.D. | 1989 | Celtic Coinage of Britain | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 1665 |
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