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COIN
Unique ID: FASAM-957B62
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper-alloy Barbarous Radiate, dating to c. AD 275-85 (Reece Period 14), [ ], Male(?) figure advancing right, holding linear object.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 275
Date to: Circa AD 285
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.75 g
Diameter: 16 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st July 2018 - Friday 31st August 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 11
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: Radiate (Barbarous)
Primary ruler qualifier: Possibly
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Obverse description: Radiate bust right
Obverse inscription: [ ]
Reverse description: Male(?) figure advancing right holding linear object
Reverse inscription: [ ]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Status: Contemporary copy (Barbarous radiate)
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
Parish or ward: Charing (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ9548
Four figure Latitude: 51.19793255
Four figure longitude: 0.78964508
1:25K map: TQ9548
1:10K map: TQ94NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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