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COIN
Unique ID: NARC-E87FB5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy as of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, dating to the period AD 140 - 144 (Reece period 7). PIETAS AVG S C reverse depicting sacrificial implements. Mint of Rome. RIC III, p. 174, no. 1240a (Antoninus Pius).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 140
Date to: Circa AD 144
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.9 mm
Weight: 12.4 g
Diameter: 25.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st June 2005
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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
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Emperor bare-headed facing right
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Sacrificial implements: knife, aspergillum (sprinkler), jug, lituus (ceremonial staff) and simpulum (vessel with long handle)
Reverse inscription: [PIETAS AVG] / S C (in exergue)
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
District: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Haversham-cum-Little Linford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP8344
Four figure Latitude: 52.0881365
Four figure longitude: -0.79002528
1:25K map: SP8344
1:10K map: SP84SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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