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COIN
Unique ID: CORN-E78863
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
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
Date from: Circa AD 383
Date to: AD 387
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 1.19 g
Diameter: 13.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st March 2006 - Wednesday 31st May 2006
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Arcadius
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Mint or issue place: Siscia
Mint qualifier: Possibly
Obverse description: pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust facing right
Obverse inscription: DN ARCADIVS P F AVG
Reverse description: vow within wreath
Reverse inscription: VOT V // A[SI]S
Reverse mint mark: ASIS or Siscia
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Padstow
Spatial coordinates
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 | 154, Plate IX, Fig.17, | No.36 |
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