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Blacklands Somerset, first screened 21 January 2007

Time Trial

The Blacklands dig saw Phil unearth the first Iron-Age coins found by him or Time Team. Try our quiz to see how much you know about ancient coins in Britain.

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The first coins known in Britain were minted on the continent in the fourth century BC. What were they made of?

 

The earliest known bronze coinage minted in Britain was the Thurrock potin, found widely in Kent. Whose head did it have on it?

 

The horse was used widely as a motif on Iron-Age coins. What was a common distinguishing feature of these representations?

 

The coins found by Phil in the Blacklands dig were produced by which Iron-Age tribe whose territory was around Hereford/Worcestershire?

 

Iron-Age coins were made in two ways. Which of these was not one of them?

 

Why was only part of the full design often visible on Iron-Age coins?

 

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