Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: CORN-D7D3F2
Object type certainty: Certain
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Brass sestertius of Marcus Aurelius, (AD 139-180), PRIMI DECENNALES COS III SC, mint of Rome, Second Issue, c.AD 170-171 RIC III, 1006; BMC IV, 1398
Current location of find: returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 170
Date to: AD 171
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.6 mm
Weight: 11.9 g
Diameter: 27.8 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 20th September 2006
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Marcus Aurelius (as Augustus)
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 8 [161-180]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: laureate head facing right
Obverse inscription: IMP M ANTONINVS AVG TR [P XXV]
Reverse description: five lines of inscription within oak wreath
Reverse inscription: PRIMIDECENNALESCOS IIISC
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SW6643
Four figure Latitude: 50.240564
Four figure longitude: -5.283079
1:25K map: SW6643
1:10K map: SW63SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mattingly, H. and Carson, R.A.G. | 1976 | Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum | London | British Museum Press | 619, Plate 82, Fig.4, | No.1398 | |
Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A. | 1930 | Roman Imperial Coinage: Antoninus Pius to Commodus | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 293, | No.1006 |