Rights Holder: Hampshire Cultural Trust
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Unique ID: HAMP-035502
Object type certainty: Certain
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An Iron Age silver unit of the Southern Region / Regni and Atrebates, attributed to Verica, dating to the period c.AD 10-40, Rudd's 'Verica Cornucopiae Victory' type (ABC 1241). Obverse: Pine-cone wand (thrysus) between two cornucopiae, wine cup below(?), [COMMI F] around. Reverse: Figure seated right holding spear, shield behind, [VERI] in front, [CA] behind. As ABC, p. 73, no. 1241; BMC nos. 1393-1419.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa AD 10
Date to: Circa AD 40
Quantity: 1
Length: 14 mm
Width: 10.8 mm
Weight: 1.27 g
Diameter: 14 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 30th March 2017 - Thursday 30th March 2017
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Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 844
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Unit (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Verica
Tribe: Atrebates
Geographic provenance: British Southern
British Museum Catalogue type: 1393-1419x
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 531.01
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 1241
Obverse description: Pine-cone wand (thrysus) between two cornucopiae, wine cup below(?), [COMMI F] around
Reverse description: Figure seated right holding spear with shield behind, [VERI] in front, [CA] behind
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Status: Regular
4 Figure: TQ1452
Four figure Latitude: 51.2557782
Four figure longitude: -0.36775004
1:25K map: TQ1452
1:10K map: TQ15SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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