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Unique ID: BERK-297D65
Object type certainty: Certain
A worn copper alloy Roman sestertius, the portrait suggesting either Vespasian (AD 69-79) or Trajan (AD 98-117). Too worn for further identification.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 69
Date to: Circa AD 117
Dimensions and weight
Thickness: 4.24 mm
Weight: 23.9 g
Diameter: 31.5 mm
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: Sestertius [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Uncertain - 1st/2nd Century AD [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: Rome (Italy) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Laureate bust right
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Figure standing centre
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial data
Region: South East And London
County: Oxfordshire
District: South Oxfordshire
Parish: Dorchester
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SU5893
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011 - Wednesday 4th January 2012
Personal details
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Recorded by: Miss Anni Byard
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Identified by: Miss Anni Byard - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2011.597
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Audit data
Created:
Friday 27th January 2012
Updated: Friday 27th January 2012
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