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COIN
Unique ID: NARC-AC5215
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman coin: A worn and degraded copper alloy sestertius. Possibly Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD). Rome mint.
Obverse: Unclear bust/head right. legend illegible.
Reverse: Central standing figure facing left. Legend illegible.
Reece period 7.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.3 mm
Weight: 13 g
Diameter: 29.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th April 2007
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Probably
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: ?Female standing
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Probably
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Norton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP6062
Four figure Latitude: 52.252912
Four figure longitude: -1.122484
1:25K map: SP6062
1:10K map: SP66SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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