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Unique ID: ESS-C92371
Object type certainty: Certain
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A copper alloy as of Philip II as Augustus (AD 246-9) (Reece Period 12), PAX AETERNA S C, Pax standing left. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, pt 3, p. 103, no. 268b.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 246
Date to: Exactly AD 249
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.4 mm
Weight: 3.71 g
Diameter: 20.5 mm
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Other reference: CIMS OEF 7521
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Possibly
Ruler/issuer: Philip II
Reece period: Period 12 [238-260]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Laureate, draped and cuirassed right
Obverse inscription: [IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG]
Reverse description: Standing female figure facing forward, head turned left, holding a transverse sceptre in her left hand and a possible branch in her right
Reverse inscription: [PAX AETERNA], S C
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Status: Regular
4 Figure: TL6113
Four figure Latitude: 51.7924846
Four figure longitude: 0.33311157
1:25K map: TL6113
1:10K map: TL61SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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