Record ID: LON-AB60E2
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
The coins are all so-called 'Flat Linear I potin'; a type of cast tin-bronze coin that appears to have been produced and used in northern Kent and close to the River Thames in Greater London during the late Iron Age. They can be dated to the late second century BC and early first century BC. The coins are summarized as below. No. Type PAS reference CCI Reg. No. 1 ABC 165 None 11.1307 Stylized head right; Curved stylized bull right. Diameter 17.2mm. Weight 1.12g 2 ABC 171 LON-F9B024 11.1308 Stylized head left; Stylized bull right. Diameter 18.5mm. Weight 1.49g 3 ABC 171 LON-F9B…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 25th March 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-833B23
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age silver coin: unit, South Eastern, British, Cantii dating c. 50-20BC. See Sellwood and Metcalf, BNJ 56 (1986). Obverse: Opposing heads, pellets and rings in field, hair of three stylized lines falls from headband Obverse inscription: None Reverse: Large horse left, pellets and rings in field Reverse inscription: None Die axis measurement: 11.00 Dimensions: diameter: 13.20mm; weight: 1.02g. Ian Leins: These silver units are still quite rare, although Liz Andrews-Wilson recorded quite a few in Sussex a few years back. It is published in the new Chris R…
Created on: Thursday 20th January 2011
Last updated: Thursday 20th January 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-02C6F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age British cast copper alloy potin, Flat Linear 1 type, Kent (attributed Cantii), 70-50 BC. BMC686 / VA129. Obverse: Stylised head right, inside a plain border. Obverse inscription: Uninscribed. Reverse: Stylised bull butting left, line below, two crescents above, inside a plain border. Reverse inscription: Uninscribed. Die axis measurement: 9.00 Dimensions: diameter: 17.00mm; weight: 1.65g. Identification by Ian Leins, Curator of Iron Age and Roman coins, British Museum. Reference: Hobbs, R. 1996. British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum. British Museum Pre…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2010
Last updated: Monday 1st October 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-49B2D0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age gold uninscribed Southern quarter stater, British QC type, Rudd's 'Selsey Dahlia' type, attributed to Atrebates / Regni 50-20 BC. Rudd ABC 506. The coin has been struck with a damaged obverse die. Obverse: None: damaged die. Obverse inscription: Uninscribed. Reverse: Horse right, sun above and wheel below. Reverse inscription: Uninscribed. Dimensions: diameter: 14.13mm; weight: 0.99g. Identification by Ian Leins, Curator of Iron Age and Roman coins, British Museum.
Created on: Monday 18th January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 27th April 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LON-2BC524
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper alloy potin hoard comprising 16 coins dating mid 1st century BC. Potin 7. Curator's report: The Coins All sixteen coins belong to a class of Iron Age coins known as 'Flat Linear I' potins. While the majority of Iron Age coins were produced by striking a gold, silver or bronze blank between a pair of dies, potins were instead cast in moulds and made from a lead/tin-rich bronze alloy. Although highly abstract, it is clear that their designs copied earlier types which depicted a human head and a butting bull, originally derived from the coinage of the Greek city …
Created on: Thursday 6th November 2008
Last updated: Friday 12th March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-2BC2B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper alloy potin hoard comprising 16 coins dating mid 1st century BC. Potin 11. Curator's report: The Coins All sixteen coins belong to a class of Iron Age coins known as 'Flat Linear I' potins. While the majority of Iron Age coins were produced by striking a gold, silver or bronze blank between a pair of dies, potins were instead cast in moulds and made from a lead/tin-rich bronze alloy. Although highly abstract, it is clear that their designs copied earlier types which depicted a human head and a butting bull, originally derived from the coinage of the Greek city…
Created on: Thursday 6th November 2008
Last updated: Friday 12th March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-2BBFD7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper alloy potin hoard comprising 16 coins dating mid 1st century BC. Potin 3. Curator's report: The Coins All sixteen coins belong to a class of Iron Age coins known as 'Flat Linear I' potins. While the majority of Iron Age coins were produced by striking a gold, silver or bronze blank between a pair of dies, potins were instead cast in moulds and made from a lead/tin-rich bronze alloy. Although highly abstract, it is clear that their designs copied earlier types which depicted a human head and a butting bull, originally derived from the coinage of the Greek city …
Created on: Thursday 6th November 2008
Last updated: Friday 12th March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-2BBD77
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper alloy potin hoard comprising 16 coins dating mid 1st century BC. Potin 5 Curator's report: The Coins All sixteen coins belong to a class of Iron Age coins known as 'Flat Linear I' potins. While the majority of Iron Age coins were produced by striking a gold, silver or bronze blank between a pair of dies, potins were instead cast in moulds and made from a lead/tin-rich bronze alloy. Although highly abstract, it is clear that their designs copied earlier types which depicted a human head and a butting bull, originally derived from the coinage of the Greek city o…
Created on: Thursday 6th November 2008
Last updated: Friday 12th March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-2B8D52
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper alloy potin hoard comprising 16 coins dating mid 1st century BC. Potin 13 Curator's report: The Coins All sixteen coins belong to a class of Iron Age coins known as 'Flat Linear I' potins. While the majority of Iron Age coins were produced by striking a gold, silver or bronze blank between a pair of dies, potins were instead cast in moulds and made from a lead/tin-rich bronze alloy. Although highly abstract, it is clear that their designs copied earlier types which depicted a human head and a butting bull, originally derived from the coinage of the Greek city …
Created on: Thursday 6th November 2008
Last updated: Friday 12th March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-1ACB41
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper alloy potin hoard comprising 16 coins dating mid 1st century BC. Potin 9. Curator's report: The Coins All sixteen coins belong to a class of Iron Age coins known as 'Flat Linear I' potins. While the majority of Iron Age coins were produced by striking a gold, silver or bronze blank between a pair of dies, potins were instead cast in moulds and made from a lead/tin-rich bronze alloy. Although highly abstract, it is clear that their designs copied earlier types which depicted a human head and a butting bull, originally derived from the coinage of the Greek city …
Created on: Tuesday 12th August 2008
Last updated: Friday 12th March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-1AC785
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper alloy potin hoard comprising 16 coins dating mid 1st century BC. Potin 8 Curator's report: The Coins All sixteen coins belong to a class of Iron Age coins known as 'Flat Linear I' potins. While the majority of Iron Age coins were produced by striking a gold, silver or bronze blank between a pair of dies, potins were instead cast in moulds and made from a lead/tin-rich bronze alloy. Although highly abstract, it is clear that their designs copied earlier types which depicted a human head and a butting bull, originally derived from the coinage of the Greek city o…
Created on: Tuesday 12th August 2008
Last updated: Friday 12th March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-1AB931
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper alloy potin hoard comprising 16 coins dating mid 1st century BC. Potin 14 Curator's report: The Coins All sixteen coins belong to a class of Iron Age coins known as 'Flat Linear I' potins. While the majority of Iron Age coins were produced by striking a gold, silver or bronze blank between a pair of dies, potins were instead cast in moulds and made from a lead/tin-rich bronze alloy. Although highly abstract, it is clear that their designs copied earlier types which depicted a human head and a butting bull, originally derived from the coinage of the Greek city …
Created on: Tuesday 12th August 2008
Last updated: Friday 12th March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-4F9202
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman radiate of Salonina (AD 253-268), joint reign, dating to the period AD 253-260 (Reece period 12). CONC[ORDIA] AVG, Emperor and Empress clasping hands. Second Eastern Mint. As Cunetio no. 864; Gobl no. 1706A.
Created on: Wednesday 12th July 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rotherhithe area', grid reference and parish protected.