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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-C23096
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Probably a contemporary copy of a Roman silver denarius of Lucilla, wife of Lucius Verus, VENVS VICTRIX, 'Rome', 164-9. RIC III, p. 276, no. 786. The style of the coin is crude and it is possibly plated.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 164
Date to: AD 169
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1.76 g
Diameter: 15.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 10th February 2006
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Lucilla
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 8 [161-180]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: right facing bust, hair in bun.
Obverse inscription: LVCILLA AVGVSTA
Reverse description: Venus holding Victory and shield
Reverse inscription: VENVS VICTRIX
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Status: Contemporary copy
Status qualifier: Probably
Coin references
- RIC : III p. 276, no. 786
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
District: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Brooke (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8405
Four figure Latitude: 52.636257
Four figure longitude: -0.760183
1:25K map: SK8405
1:10K map: SK80NW
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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Workflow: Published
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