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COIN
Unique ID: BM-1E03D6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman Republican silver denarius of M. Antonius, dating to 32 BC (Reece Period 1), Head of M. Antonius / Bust of Cleopatra. Travelling mint. RRC, p. 539, no. 543/1
Notes:
Possibly the first coin bearing the portrait of Cleopatra ever recorded in Britain
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: For inclusion in British Numismatic Journal ‘Coin Register’
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly 34 BC
Date to: Exactly 33 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.11 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 1996 - Tuesday 31st December 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder Number A-6
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Roman Republic)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Republic
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 1 [Pre AD 41]
Mint or issue place: Moving with Republican issuer
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Head of M. Antonius right; behind, Armenian tiara
Obverse inscription: [ANTONI ARMENIA] DEVICTA
Reverse description: Bust of Cleopatra, diademed and draped, right; before, prow
Reverse inscription: [CLEOPATRAE] RE[GINAE REGVM FILIORVM REGVM]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Republican moneyer: Antonius, M.
RRC Identifier: RRC 543/1
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Tonbridge and Malling (District)
Parish or ward: Ightham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ5857
Four figure Latitude: 51.29021884
Four figure longitude: 0.26452899
1:25K map: TQ5857
1:10K map: TQ55NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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