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Phoenicians would have had base(s) in Cornwall for assaying and factoring the metal. They accepted their own North African coins in payment, and as they were the richest men in the area, these coins became the local currency.
As the technology of bronze smelting spread through Britain, tin trade routes developed from Cornwall, and the North African coins followed these trade routes. Therefore, these coins are a marker for the spread of the Bronze Age in Britain.
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