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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-1BC10B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A struck bronze (copper-alloy) Iron Age coin of Central Gaul / Bituriges Cubi, dating to the c.1st century BC. Obverse: Head right. Reverse: Horse left, 'plough' above, three annulets below. As Allen, 1995: p. 77, nos. 170-172; DT 3479.
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
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 70 BC
Date to: Circa 1 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.45 g
Diameter: 17.7 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5400
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Uncertain (copper alloy)
Tribe: Bituriges
Geographic provenance: Continental Gaulish (West Central)
Obverse description: Head right
Reverse description: Horse left, 'plough' above, three annulets below
Status: Regular
Coin references
- Allen (CCBM) : p. 77, nos. 170-172
- Delestree & Tache : no. 3479
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: All Cannings (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0662
Four figure Latitude: 51.35704133
Four figure longitude: -1.91521927
1:25K map: SU0662
1:10K map: SU06SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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