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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-8FE843
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Roman copper alloy contemporary copy of a radiate or more probably a nummus. Reverse; crude standing figure. AD 260-402. Dimensions: length 8.5mm; width 7.95mm; thickness 1.5mm; weight 0.4g.
Notes:
Found during the Weekend Wanderers King Alfred the Great Rally 26-28 Aug 2006
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 260
Date to: Exactly AD 402
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 8.5 mm
Width: 7.95 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 0.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 27th August 2006
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - King Alfred the Great 06
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ticket no. Ylo. 327
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Radiate or nummus
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Diademed bust right
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Crude stick figure
Reverse inscription: None
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Contemporary copy
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
To be known as: Letcombe Regis
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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