CAM-2C77DC: Iron Age silver unit coin : Cunobelin, Trinovantes, ABC:2873.

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COIN

Unique ID: CAM-2C77DC

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A silver Iron Age unit of the North Thames region / Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, struck for Cunobelin, dating to the period c.AD 8-41, Cunobelinus Crescent Horse type. Obverse: CVNOB[E]LINI, Head right. Reverse: Horse prancing right, crescent above, [TASC]IO below. As ABC, p. 138, no. 2873; BMC nos. 1871-1873.

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 8
Date to: Circa AD 41

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 13.5 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Unit (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Cunobelin
Tribe: Trinovantes
Geographic provenance: British Eastern
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2873
Obverse description: Head right. Obverse legend is retrograde.
Obverse inscription: CVNOB-[E]LINI
Reverse description: Horse prancing right, crescent above.
Reverse inscription: [TASC]IO
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain

Coin references

Rudd (ABC) : p. 138, no. 2873

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: East Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Bottisham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL5462
Four figure Latitude: 52.23465911
Four figure longitude: 0.25371427
1:25K map: TL5462
1:10K map: TL56SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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