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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-F90B12
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy contemporary copy of a dupondius of Antoninus Pius, (138-61).
Reverse: [...] III; indecipherable type.
Reece period 7.
Notes:
This coin type occurs rarely as single losses, there are only one or two examples within the British Museum's collection. However through PAS data this coin type is coming up more frequently within hoards. Most are found from the spring at Bath.
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
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 138
Date to: Circa AD 161
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 10 g
Diameter: 25.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Dupondius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Antoninus Pius
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Obverse description: Radiate head right.
Obverse inscription: ANTONINVS A-( )(PIVS T R P I I AVG?)
Reverse description: Indecipherable
Reverse inscription: [...]III
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Status: Contemporary copy
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Navenby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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