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Unique ID: BH-D7FBC1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
Class: Sestertius
Current location of find: with finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 141
Date to: AD 161
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.4 mm
Weight: 26.27 g
Diameter: 32.5 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 10th August 2005
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Other reference: Ver 05/188 - 1
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Faustina the Elder
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Obverse description: Draped bust right.
Obverse inscription: [DIVA FAVSTINA]
Reverse description: Eternity seated left, holding [phoenix and sceptre].
Reverse inscription: [AETERNITAS S C]
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A. | 1936 | Roman Imperial Coinage: Augustus to Vitellius | London | Spink and Son Ltd | no. 1103A |