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COIN

Unique ID: HAMP-DAD202

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An extemely worn Roman copper alloy as of Faustina I dating to AD 141 (Reece period 7). S C reverse depicting a crescent with points upwards and seven stars. Mint of Rome. As RIC III Antoninus Pius 1199a (as).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 141
Date to: Circa AD 141

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 7.41 g
Diameter: 24.7 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 31st July 2021

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Faustina the Elder
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Bust of Faustina I, draped, right, hair elaborately waved and coiled in bands across head and drawn up at back and piled in a round coil on top.
Obverse inscription: [...]
Reverse description: Crescent with ponts upwards and seven stars.
Reverse inscription: SC
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Reverse mint mark: -//-
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain

Coin references

RIC : III Antoninus Pius 1199a (as)

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Baydon (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU2877
Four figure Latitude: 51.49125785
Four figure longitude: -1.59809584
1:25K map: SU2877
1:10K map: SU27NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 2 years ago
Updated: 2 years ago

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