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COIN
Unique ID: KENT-7C2EF6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A gold Iron age unifaced, quarter stater of the Cantiaci , "Caesar's Trophy" (50-20BC) stylised Roman trophy, below which is a crescent flanked by two annulets. Rudd, 2010. 35, no ABC 192.
Measurements: Diameter: 11.86mm, thickness: 1.15mm, weight:1.2g.
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 50 BC
Date to: Circa 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.15 mm
Weight: 1.22 g
Diameter: 11.86 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Quarter stater (gold)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Cantii
Geographic provenance: British South Eastern
British Museum Catalogue type: 437-43x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 145.01
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 192
Obverse description: plain
Reverse description: “Caesar’s Trophy” stylised Roman trophy, below which is a crescent flanked by two annulets.
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Status: Regular
Coin references
- Rudd (ABC) : 192
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
Parish or ward: Staple (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR2756
Four figure Latitude: 51.25794661
Four figure longitude: 1.25198848
1:25K map: TR2756
1:10K map: TR25NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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