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COIN
Unique ID: CORN-19D792
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
This coin has an irregular die axis (3 o'clock) and another denarius of Tiberius, also with an irregular die axis, was recovered from the floor of the officers' quarters in one of the barracks within the fort during its excavation.
The flan has recent rim damage below the Emperor's portrait on the obverse and the deliberate defacement of Livia on the head of the figure on the reverse.
Evidence of reuse: Head of Livia has been deliberately defaced on reverse of coin
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Royal Cornwall Museum
Subsequent action after recording:
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 14
Date to: Circa AD 37
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1.93 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 12th January 2005
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Other reference numbers
Museum accession number: 2005.24
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Tiberius
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 1 [Pre AD 41]
Obverse description: laureate head facing right
Obverse inscription: TI CAESAR [DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS]
Reverse description: Livia seated right holding sceptre in right hand and branch in left hand
Reverse inscription: [PONTIF] M[AXIM]
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Status: Contemporary copy (Plated copy)
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Lanivet
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A. | 1930 | Roman Imperial Coinage: Antoninus Pius to Commodus | London | Spink and Son Ltd | No.30 | ||
| Spink and Son Ltd | 2003 | Coins of England and the United Kingdom | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 55 | No.464 |
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