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COIN
Unique ID: SUSS-BC7261
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 364
Date to: AD 392
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.67 mm
Weight: 1.81 g
Diameter: 17.45 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 6th October 2005
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Valens
Primary ruler qualifier: Probably
Reece period: Period 19 [364-378]
Obverse description: Bust right
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Possibly figure right dragging captive, II in right field
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
To be known as: Blewbury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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