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COIN
Unique ID: NLM-805281
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy coin. Minim; possibly a barbarous radiate; later Roman irregular issue of 275-285 on a worn small reddish flan.
Obverse description: possibly radiate head right. All other detail lost.
Diameter: 9.1mm, Weight: 0.25gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 275
Date to: Exactly AD 285
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.25 g
Diameter: 9.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 6th December 2021
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM48981
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Uncertain
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Radiate (antoninianus)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Radiate (Barbarous)
Primary ruler qualifier: Probably
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Obverse description: possibly radiate head right
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Contemporary copy (Barbarous radiate)
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
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