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COIN
Unique ID: BM-E69D94
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete copper-alloy Gallo-Belgic unit of the Suessiones, probably of ΔEIVICIACOS, dating to the period c.60-25 BC, type "au Taureau immobile". Obverse: Unclear bust right, traces of legend [...EIVIC]IAC below. Reverse: Bull(?) right, six petalled flower above, crescent motif below. As DT, p. 122, no. 561; La Tour no. 7207
Notes:
Coin identified thanks to images supplied by the finder.
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 60 BC
Date to: Circa 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.26 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Unit (copper alloy)
Tribe: Suessiones
Geographic provenance: Continental Belgic
Obverse description: Unclear bust right, traces of legend [...EIVIC]IAC below.
Obverse inscription: [...EIVIC]IAC (retrograde)
Reverse description: Bull(?) right, six petalled flower above, crescent motif below
Status: Regular
Coin references
- Delestree & Tache : p. 122, no. 561
- de la Tour : no. 7207
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: East Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Near Ware
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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