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COIN

Unique ID: IARCW-63DAF6515

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

A Denarius of Faustina II (Aurelius) (161-175)
Reverse: VENVS
Reference: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 728

Notes:

This data is sourced from the corpus of work produced by Peter Guest and Nick Wells, entitled "Iron Age and Roman coins of Wales. There are no images to accompany this series and our staff did not identify these coins. Questions about these data should be directed to Dr Guest/ Dr Wells.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Bangor Museum

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 161
Date to: AD 175

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 892
Other reference: 892//317

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Ruler/issuer: Faustina II
Reece period: Period 8 [161-180]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Reverse description: Venus standing left holding apple and sceptre
Reverse inscription: VENVS

Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Status: Regular

Coin references

  • RIC : III p. 272, no. 728

Spatial metadata

Region: Wales (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Conwy (Unitary Authority)
District: Conwy (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Abergele

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Unknown
Current location: Bangor Museum

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: IARCW
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 14 years ago

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