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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-5C1F31
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Roman radiate dating from the end of the third century AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 260
Date to: AD 296
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 1.8 g
Diameter: 19.16 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 8th November 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2009 229 / ticket 336
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Radiate or nummus
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Uncertain (AD 260 - 402)
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Bearded radiate bust right
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Figure standing left, holding possible spear in right arm, and cornucopiae in left - possibly Hilaritas
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Status: Contemporary copy (Barbarous radiate)
Status qualifier: Possibly
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
Parish or ward: Somerton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP4927
Four figure Latitude: 51.93935449
Four figure longitude: -1.28862781
1:25K map: SP4927
1:10K map: SP42NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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