Record ID: BH-197278 - ROMAN coin

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Coin

Unique ID: BH-197278

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Roman coin: plated forgery of a silver denarius of Augustus

A plated forgery (silver on copper core) of a denarius of Augustus (27 BC-14 AD). The reverse legend suggests that this is a copy of a coin of 2BC-c. 4AD (see RIC p. 55). The coin is incomplete, worn and very corroded. It measures 17.4mm in diameter, 1mm thick and weighs 0.96g.

Class: Denarius

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: With finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: 2 BC
Date to: AD 4

Dimensions and weight

Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 0.96 g
Diameter: 17.4 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]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [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]
Obverse description: Laureate head right.
Obverse inscription: [C]AESA[R AVGVST]VS-DIVI [F PATER PATRIAE] (retrograde lettering)
Reverse description: Unclear.
Reverse inscription: Illegible.
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Status: Contemporary copy (Plated copy)

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial data

Region: East
County: Bedfordshire
District: South Bedfordshire
To be known as: Totternhoe

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

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th May 2009

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mr Julian Watters - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mr Shea Marshall - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: Ver 09/88 - 2

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