Coin

Unique ID: CAM-ED4BC2

Object type certainty: Certain

Roman copper alloy sestertius of Commodus, Rome mint.

Notes:

Identified at the Hidden Treasure Finds Day, Cambridge Central Library.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 180
Date to: AD 192

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 16.39 g
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]

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 description: Laureate head right (Flan too small for die)
Obverse inscription: Illegible (off flan)
Reverse description: Female standing left with sceptre, small figure at feet
Reverse inscription: Illegible

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial data

Region: East
County: Cambridgeshire
District: South Cambridgeshire
Parish: Pampisford

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TL4949
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source:
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]

Personal details

Identified by: Adrian Marsden - [view all attributed records]

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    Created: Thursday 16th October 2003
    Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011

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