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Unique ID: KENT-6755A1
Object type certainty: Certain
A complete, Early-Mid Roman, struck or hammered, copper alloy-bronze sestertius. Obverse: Vague head outline possibly right. Inscription: Illegible. Reverse: Blank, nothing visible. Inscription: Illegible. The coin is extremely worn and in poor condition. The circular flan has nibbled edges due to corrosion and a pale green, loose, flaky corroded surface with just a few patches of matt pale brown original surface remaining mainly on the reverse. This probably due to the coin being found in water logged ground. This coin is likely to date to 43-250AD. Ref. Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2011, page 50-57. The coin is 30.07mm long, 28.67mm wide, 3.43mm thick, diameter 30.07mm and weighs 11.9g.
Notes:
West Kent Detector Club co-operative effort with West Kent Archaeological Society and Darent Valley Archaeological Project. Ref. FF LF(B)11 047
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner
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 43
Date to: Circa AD 250
Dimensions and weight
Length: 30.07 mm
Width: 28.67 mm
Thickness: 3.43 mm
Weight: 11.9 g
Diameter: 30.07 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]
Obverse description: Vague head outline possibly right
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Blank - none visible
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial data
Region: South East And London
County: Kent
District: Sevenoaks
To be known as: Filston Farm
Method of discovery: Metal detector during controlled archaeological investigation
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 27th April 2011
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr Geoff Burr
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Identified by: Mr Geoff Burr - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: FF LF(B)11 047
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Created:
Monday 30th January 2012
Updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
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