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Description: | 38-40AD. Silver, struck unit, Amminus of the Cantii, second coinage. Obverse: Letter 'A' in a circle within a wreath. Reverse: Hippocamp/capricorn right with 'AM' below and a pellet border. Length: 12.6mm, Width 11.3mm, Thickness 1.5mm, Diameter 12.6mm, Weight 1.0g. The reverse design struck a little off centre partly off the flan. Some wear especially the obverse but good silver colour with a little tarnish. Ref: Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2003, page 21 No. 190, Celtic Coinage of Britain, R.D. Van Arsdell, Spink London 1989, page 110 No. 194-1 and British Iron Age coins in the British Museum, Richard Hobbs, British Museum Trustees 1996, page 152 No. 2520 & 2521. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burr, Geoff - West Kent Metal Detector Club | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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