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Coin
Unique ID: WMID-C9DAD5
Object type certainty: Certain
A silver-plated (contemporary?) copy of a denarius of Augustus (27BC-14AD), Lyon mint, 2BC-5AD. Coin classification: RIC, Volume I, number 211, p.56.
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 2
Date to: Circa AD 5
Dimensions and weight
Weight: 2.32 g
Diameter: 18.7 mm
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Secondary material: Silver [scope notes| view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Augustus [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Reece period: Period 1 [Pre AD 41] [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: Lyon (Lugdunum) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Bust of Augustus, laureate, right.
Obverse inscription: [CAESER AVG]VSTVS DIVI F PATER PATR[IAE]
Reverse description: Gaius and Lucius Caeser, on left and right, standing front, each togate and resting hand on shield; behind each shield, a spear; above, on left, simplum right. and on right, lituus, left. X below simplum and lituus.
Reverse inscription: [AVGVSTI F COS DESI]G PRINC IVVENT
In ex:[CL] CAESER[ES]
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Coin references
- RIC : I 211
Spatial data
Region: East Midlands
County: Derbyshire
District: Derbyshire Dales
To be known as: Thorpe CP
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Grassland, Heathland [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 16th May 2007
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr Duncan Slarke
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Identified by: Mr Duncan Slarke - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Mr Lee Wagstaff - [view all attributed records]
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Audit data
Created:
Monday 21st April 2008
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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