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Description: | A complete probable Iron Age, struck or hammered, copper alloy unit. Possibly Cantii, early uninscribed bronze unit of the various animal type or Kentish uncertain. Obverse: Possible animal of curved form - possible boar? Inscription: Illegible. Reverse: Too worn/corroded. Inscription: Illegible. The coin is in poor, extremely worn condition but is also very corroded and no details are visible. It has a slightly dished/concave shape with a circular but slightly uneven corroded edges. This coin could date to 50BC - 10AD. Ref. Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2011, page 16-18, Celtic Coinage of Britain, R.D. Van Arsdell, Spink London 1989, page 95-97 and Ancient British Coins, Elizabeth Cottam, Philip de Jersey, Chris Rudd, John Sills, Chris Rudd Norfolk 2010, page 37-38. The coin is 11.73mm long, 10.97mm wide, 1.87mm thick, diameter 11.73mm and weighs 0.6g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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