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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-897AE5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Notes:
The coin was discovered c.15-20 years prior to being brought forward for recording. It has been cleaned, possibly treated or coated with chemical agents and has lost its original patination.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Returned to Thame Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 260
Date to: Circa AD 295
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.85 mm
Weight: 0.56 g
Diameter: 13.67 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1980 - Sunday 1st January 1995
Personal details
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Radiate (antoninianus)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Aurelian
Primary ruler qualifier: Possibly
Reece period: Period 13 [260-275]
Obverse description: Radiate bust right.
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Figure right, possibly intended to be Sol (head appears to be radiate) or Virtus - soldier with spear & shield.
Reverse inscription: illegible
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Reverse mint mark: None
Status: Contemporary copy (Barbarous radiate)
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
To be known as: Cuddington Folly
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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