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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-BE1D93
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 222
Date to: AD 235
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 13.92 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2003
Personal details
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Severus Alexander
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 11 [222-238]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Head, laureate, facing rigth with traces of drapery on shoulders.
Obverse inscription: (.....) ALEXANDER PIUS AUG
Reverse description: Providentia standing left holding cornucopiae in left hand and holding patera over altar in right hand.
Reverse inscription: (PR)OVIDEN(TIA AUG) SC
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Mole Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Mickleham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ1853
Four figure Latitude: 51.263953
Four figure longitude: -0.310126
1:25K map: TQ1853
1:10K map: TQ15SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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