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COIN

Unique ID: KENT-756791

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A cast copper-alloy Flat Linear potin of the Kent Region / Cantiaci, dating to the period c.125-110 BC, Holman type A2/1-1c. Obverse: Stylised part linear, part solid head left. Reverse: Linear bull butting left, exergual line below, tail above. As Holman, 2016: Type A2/1-1c; cf. ABC no. 144.

With thanks to David Holman for attribution of this coin to a Holman type.

Dimensions: Diameter 19.41mm, thickness 2.22mm and weight 2.63g.

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 125
Date to: Circa AD 110

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.22 mm
Weight: 2.63 g
Diameter: 19.41 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Potin (Cast bronze)
Ruler/issuer: Uninscribed
Tribe: Cantii
Geographic provenance: British South Eastern
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 102.01
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 144
Obverse description: Stylised part linear, part solid head left.
Reverse description: Linear bull butting left, exergual line below, tail above
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain

Coin references

Rudd (ABC) : 144
Van Arsdell (VA) : 102.1

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Canterbury (District)
Parish or ward: Lower Hardres (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TR1652
Four figure Latitude: 51.22630192
Four figure longitude: 1.09217774
1:25K map: TR1652
1:10K map: TR15SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Holman, D.	2016	A NEW CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR THE FLAT LINEAR POTIN COINAGE	London	British Numinastic Journal	1-67	A1 / 1-2A

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Recording Institution: KENT
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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