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COIN
Unique ID: NCL-2FD0A1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.93 mm
Weight: 16.9 g
Diameter: 32.22 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 14th August 2006
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Hadrian
Primary ruler qualifier: Probably
Reece period: Period 6 [117-138]
Obverse description: A laureate crowned bust facing right. The inscription is completely illegible, and many of the bust's features are corroded. However, the strands hanging from the laurel crown at the back of the head, the locks of hair above the forehead, and the profile of the face suggest Hadrian is the emperor depicted.
Reverse description: An enthroned figure facing left, whose upper-half has been lost to corrosion. There appears to be a leaf to her right and FORTRED appears underneath the figure, identifying the figure as Fortuna redux.
Reverse inscription: FORTRED...
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Newcastle upon Tyne (Metropolitan District)
District: Newcastle upon Tyne (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Westerhope (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ1666
Four figure Latitude: 54.98833818
Four figure longitude: -1.75148912
1:25K map: NZ1666
1:10K map: NZ16NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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