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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-465AA5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy Radiate of Claudius II, 268-70. Reverse type SALVS AVG? standing female with long staff and patera in right hand over altar?
Notes:
The coin had been pierced and the hole is now a slot.
Evidence of reuse: pierced
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 268
Date to: AD 270
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 1.91 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 14th November 2005
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Radiate (antoninianus)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 13 [260-275]
Obverse description: right facing radiate bust
Obverse inscription: [CL]AUDIVSA[VG]
Reverse description: standing female figure, Salus, holding staff and feeding snake rising from altar.
Reverse inscription: [SALV]SAV[G]
Reverse mint mark: none visible
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Eaton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7826
Four figure Latitude: 52.825894
Four figure longitude: -0.843842
1:25K map: SK7826
1:10K map: SK72NE
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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