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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-64E310
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy coin. The coin is extremely worn with hardly any features remaining. The bust of a bearded emperor can just be made out.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: 27 BC
Date to: AD 260
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 2.8 g
Diameter: 22 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 11th January 2006
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Uncertain
Obverse description: right facing bearded bust
Obverse inscription: none present
Reverse description: standing female figure
Reverse inscription: none present
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
Parish or ward: Ratby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5106
Four figure Latitude: 52.649344
Four figure longitude: -1.247603
1:25K map: SK5106
1:10K map: SK50NW
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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