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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-899741
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
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 220
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1980 - Sunday 1st January 1995
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Ruler/issuer: Macrinus
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 10 [193-222]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: laureate bust right, with beard (does look like Macrinus)
Obverse inscription: [IM]P C M A[ ]S [ ]AVG
Reverse description: illegible
Reverse inscription: illegible
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Status: Contemporary copy (Core of plated copy)
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
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