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Coin
Unique ID: LVPL-99A704
Object type certainty: Certain
Copper alloy As of Augustus, 27BC - AD14. Mint of Rome, 16BC Moneyer: C. Asinius Gallus
Roman Imperial Coinage vol I, p. 69, no. 373
This coin was found in the foundations of a building in Chester in the 1950s. Photograph kindly supplied by owner of coin.
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: 16 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: As [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: Rome (Italy) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Bare head of Augustus right
Obverse inscription: CAESAR AVGVSTVS TRIBVNIC POTEST
Reverse inscription: C ASINIVS GALLVS IIIVIR AAAFF around S C
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Coin references
- RIC : 1 p. 69, no. 373
Spatial data
Region: North West
County: Cheshire
District: Chester
Parish: Chester
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SJ4066
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Method of discovery: Other chance find
[scope notes]
General landuse: Other [scope notes]
Specific landuse: In use as a building [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1950
Personal details
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Recorded by: Miss Frances McIntosh
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Identified by: Mr Sam Moorhead - [view all attributed records]
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Created:
Wednesday 6th August 2008
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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