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Description: | A complete, Late Iron Age, cast, high tin content copper alloy, Cantiaci potin coin, class I type cantian D - Van Arsdell 123-1/125-1 or ABC165. Obverse: Crude celticized head outline of Apollo left, no pellet in 'eye' circle, plain border. Inscription: N/A. Reverse: Celticized line bull, charging or butting right of straight and curved lines. Mint: Kentish. Slightly irregular flan, very fine or slightly worn condition. Slightly uneven surface possibly caused by cooling contraction, otherwise attractive black patina. This is likely to date from 100-50BC. Ref. Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2014, page 7 No. 63, Celtic Coinage of Britain, R.D. Van Arsdell, Spink 1989, page 86 No. 123-1 & 125-1, British Iron Age Coins in the BM, Richard Hobbs, BM Trustees 1996, page 83 (Plate 26) No. 701 and Ancient British Coins, Elizabeth Cottam, Philip de Jersey, Chris Rudd, John Sills, Chris Rudd 2010, page 33 & 35 ABC165. The coin is 19.87mm long, 17.88mm wide, 1.49mm thick, diameter 19.87 and weighs 1.93g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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