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COIN
Unique ID: ESS-827DF3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper-alloy potin of the Cantii, British South Eastern type.
Obverse description: Possible outline of a head around a central annulet or 'nipple'
Reverse description: stylised and curved bull-like figure
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 120 BC
Date to: Circa AD 43
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 1.56 g
Diameter: 14.2 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Potin (Cast bronze)
Tribe: Cantii
Geographic provenance: British South Eastern
Obverse description: Possible outline of a head around a central annulet or 'nipple'
Reverse description: stylised and curved bull-like figure
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Tendring (District)
Parish or ward: Great Bentley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1320
Four figure Latitude: 51.83796643
Four figure longitude: 1.09037877
1:25K map: TM1320
1:10K map: TM12SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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