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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-196037
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman gold Aureus of Gordian III (238-44), IOVI CONSERVATORI, Rome, 1st Issue, AD 238. 19mm in diameter, 2mm thick and weighing 4.95 grams (Sear 8570/RIC IV, pt. 3, no. 8).
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 238
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 4.95 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 5th May 2007
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Aureus (Republic/Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Gordian III
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 12 [238-260]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: right facing laureate draped bust
Obverse inscription: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG
Reverse inscription: Jupiter standing above small emperor, holding thunderbolt and sceptre
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Reverse mint mark: IOVI CONSERVATORI
Coin references
- RIC : IV, pt 3 8
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
Parish or ward: Lutterworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP5484
Four figure Latitude: 52.451297
Four figure longitude: -1.206837
1:25K map: SP5484
1:10K map: SP58SW
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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