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COIN
Unique ID: WMAS-4202C7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Hereford Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 161
Date to: Circa AD 180
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.2 mm
Weight: 19.31 g
Diameter: 29.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 3rd November 2005
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Other reference numbers
Museum accession number: 2004 - 78/38
Materials and construction
Primary material:
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Marcus Aurelius (as Caesar)
Primary ruler qualifier: Probably
Reece period: Period 8 [161-180]
Obverse description: Laureate bust facing right.
Obverse inscription: [...]NINVS[...]
Reverse description: Seated figure facing right.
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Weston under Penyard (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO6424
Four figure Latitude: 51.913359
Four figure longitude: -2.524779
1:25K map: SO6424
1:10K map: SO62SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A. | 1930 | Roman Imperial Coinage: Antoninus Pius to Commodus | London | Spink and Son Ltd |
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