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COIN
Unique ID: WMID-C3BAF5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Ref: Mattingly, H & Sydenham, E, A, 1933, 'The Roman Imperial Coinage Volume V, Part I: Valerian to Florian’, page 116, ref no 3.
Notes:
There is a small pierced hole (diameter of hole: 2.5mm) near the outside edge of the coin. The coin could have been re-used as a pendant.
Evidence of reuse: Pierced hole
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Post AD 255
Date to: Ante AD 258
Period of reuse: UNKNOWN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 3.1 g
Diameter: 22 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1985 - Sunday 1st January 2006
Personal details
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Radiate (antoninianus)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Valerian II
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 12 [238-260]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Radiate and draped bust facing right.
Obverse inscription: VALER[I]ANVS CAES
Reverse description: Infant Jupiter on goat.
Reverse inscription: IOVI CRESCENTI
Reverse mint mark: None.
Status: Contemporary copy (Plated copy)
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Ancaster
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. | 1962 | Roman Imperial Coinage: Volume V Part I | London | Spink and Son Ltd | page 116 | ref no 3 |
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