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COIN
Unique ID: BH-49D5EE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy barbarous radiate of Claudius II; posthumous issue, dating to the period AD c. 275 - c. 285 (Reece period 14). CONSECRATIO reverse depicting an eagle standing facing, head right.
Diameter: 15.6mm; thickness: 1.6mm. Weight: 1.76g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 275
Date to: Circa AD 285
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.6 mm
Weight: 1.76 g
Diameter: 15.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1980
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/108 - 27
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Radiate (antoninianus)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Divus Claudius (Barbarous Radiate)
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Obverse description: Radiate head right.
Obverse inscription: DIVO CLA[VDIO]
Reverse description: Eagle standing facing, head right.
Reverse inscription: [CONS]ECRATIO
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Status: Contemporary copy (Barbarous radiate)
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: East Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Albury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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