COIN
Unique ID: ESS-C87716
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy coin: 3rd to 4th century contemporary copy - possibly
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 260
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Thickness: 3.16 mm
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 10.54 mm
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 2nd December 2011
Personal details
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Recorded by: Laura
McLean
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Identified by: Laura
McLean - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: Colchester ORF 6819
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]
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
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Spatial metadata
Region: East
County: Essex
District: Colchester
Parish: Copford
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9223
Four figure Latitude: 51.872516 Four figure longitude: 0.787631
1:25K map: TL9223
1:10K map: TL92SW
WOEID: 26345797
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined[scope notes]
Adjacent Domesday Book places
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References cited
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Audit data
Created:
Monday 5th December 2011
Updated: Wednesday 14th December 2011
