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COIN
Unique ID: NLM-80363B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy coin. Possibly a radiate indeterminate on a small battered flan; if so, later Roman issue of 260-296
Obverse description: possibly radiate head right. All other detail lost.
Diameter: 12.4mm, Weight: 0.94gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 260
Date to: Exactly AD 296
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.94 g
Diameter: 12.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 6th December 2021
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM48978
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Radiate (antoninianus)
Denomination qualifier: Possibly
Ruler/issuer: Radiate, Uncertain Ruler 260-296
Primary ruler qualifier: Possibly
Obverse description: possibly radiate head right.
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Contemporary copy
Status qualifier: Probably
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Gainsborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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