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COIN
Unique ID: SOM-5711A3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Silver Roman Republican denarius of C. Vibius Pansa minted in Rome in 48BC. RRC p. 464, c.f. no. 449/1a.
Notes:
This was a particularly large issue, struck in the year that Julius Caesar defeated Pompey the Great, with 279 obverse dies and 310 reverse dies.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly 48 BC
Date to: Exactly 48 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.4 g
Diameter: 17.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 25th July 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Entry 020017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Roman Republic)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Republic
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 1 [Pre AD 41]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Mask of bearded Pan, right
Obverse inscription: PANSA
Reverse description: Jupiter seated left, holding patera and sceptre
Reverse inscription: [C VIBIVS C F C N] IOVIS AXVR
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Republican moneyer: Vibius Pansa Caetronianus, C.
RRC Identifier: RRC 449/1a
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
- RRC : p. 464, no. 449/1a
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Fivehead
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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