COIN
Unique ID: SWYOR-BC3013
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Roman coin; a sestertius probably of Commodus (177 - 192), reverse showing Apollo holding a plectrum and a lyre resting on a column. The coin dates from 191 AD. See Sear Volume II number 5734.
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 191
Date to: Circa AD 191
Dimensions and weight
Thickness: 3.74 mm
Weight: 17.97 g
Diameter: 28.86 mm
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011 - Monday 31st October 2011
Rally details.
This object was found at Thaxted, Essex, Three Counties Club, October 2011 held Saturday 1st October 2011 - Monday 31st October 2011
Personal details
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Recorded by: Ms Amy
Downes
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Identified by: Ms Amy
Downes - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1707
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: Commodus [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Reece period: Period 9 [180-193] [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: Rome (Italy) [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Obverse inscription: illegible
Reverse inscription: [APOL PALAT P M TR P XVI COS VI]
Degree of wear: Worn: fine [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Status: Regular
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Spatial metadata
Region: East
County: Essex
District: Uttlesford
Parish: Thaxted
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL6131
Four figure Latitude: 51.954186 Four figure longitude: 0.341498
1:25K map: TL6131
1:10K map: TL63SW
WOEID: 26345736
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
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References cited
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Created:
Monday 27th February 2012
Updated: Monday 27th February 2012
