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COIN
Unique ID: SF-C6A845
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman silver denarius of Maximinus Thrax, AD 235-238, dating to AD 236 (Reece Period 11), VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing right holding wreath and palm. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, pt 2, p. 141, no. 16; BMC VI, p. 231, nos. 105-7.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 236
Date to: Exactly AD 236
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.49 g
Diameter: 18.74 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st June 2006
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Maximinus
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 11 [222-238]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Obverse inscription: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG
Reverse description: Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm
Reverse inscription: VICTO[RI]A AVG
Coin references
- RIC : IV, pt 2 p. 141, no. 16
- BMC : VI p. 231, cf. nos. 105-7
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Wenhaston with Mellis Hamlet
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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