Rights Holder: York Museums Trust
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Unique ID: YORYM-3748B7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 205
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 2.6 g
Diameter: 19.5 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 31st May 2008
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Septimius Severus
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 10 [193-222]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate bust right
Obverse inscription: SEVERVS PIVS AVG
Reverse description: Jupiter naked standing left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, at feet left an eagle
Reverse inscription: PMTRPXIIICOSIIIPP
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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