COIN

Unique ID: ESS-F739D1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Silver Roman denarius of Antoninus Pius. BMC Volume IV, 534.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 145
Date to: AD 161

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 3.21 g
Diameter: 17.22 mm
Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 28th September 2005

Personal details

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Recorded by: Caroline McDonald - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Caroline McDonald - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: ID 4095

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Denarius (Empire) [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Antoninus Pius [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161] [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: Rome (Italy) [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Obverse description: Laureate head facing right
Obverse inscription: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP

Reverse description: Clasped hands holding a caduceus between two corn ears
Reverse inscription: COS II I I

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Spatial metadata

Region: East
County: Essex
District: Chelmsford
To be known as: Broomfield

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]

References cited

Mattingly, H and Carson, R A G, . Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum : British Museum, pp

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