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Unique ID: DUR-BE6024
Object type certainty: Certain
The copper alloy core of a silver plated coin, copying a denarius of Severus Alexander, PM TR P VIII COS III P P, Mars advancing left holding olive branch in right hand and spear and shield in left, Sear (Volume 2): 7907.
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 229
Date to: Circa AD 235
Dimensions and weight
Thickness: 1.89 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
Diameter: 15.99 mm
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Secondary material: Silver [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: Denarius (Empire) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Severus Alexander [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Reece period: Period 11 [222-238] [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: Mars advancing left holding an olive branch in right hand, spear and shield in left hand.
Reverse inscription: PM TR P VIII COS III P P
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Status: Contemporary copy (Core of plated copy)
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial data
Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: North Yorkshire
District: Richmondshire
Parish: Melmerby
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SE0685
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011 - Saturday 31st December 2011
Personal details
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Recorded by: Miss Emma Morris
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Identified by: Miss Frances McIntosh - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Miss Emma Morris - [view all attributed records]
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Created:
Friday 3rd February 2012
Updated: Monday 6th February 2012
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