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COIN
Unique ID: CORN-96CAD2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Brass sestertius of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), but too worn to make out reverse details
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 138
Date to: AD 161
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.3 mm
Weight: 10.48 g
Diameter: 29.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st June 2000 - Thursday 31st August 2000
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Antoninus Pius
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Obverse description: Laureate head facing right
Obverse inscription: [ANTONI]NVS AVG [PIVS PP TRP...]
Reverse description: legs left - possibly Britannia
Reverse inscription: illegible
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: St. Neot
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattingly, H. and Carson, R.A.G. | 1976 | Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum | London | British Museum Press | 263, Plate 39, Fig.9, | No.1637 | |
| Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A. | 1930 | Roman Imperial Coinage: Antoninus Pius to Commodus | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 121, Plate V, Fig.111, | No.742 |
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