LIN-729040: Roman copper alloy as of Antoninus Pius.

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Unique ID: LIN-729040

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Copper alloy as of Antoninus Pius (138-61) Rome, 154-5 Obverse: [ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII], laureate head right. Reverse: [BRITANNIA COS IIII], Britannia seated left on rock; to left, shield and sceptre. As RIC III, p. 142, no. 934.

Notes:

This coin comes from an issue that was apparently struck in Rome especially for use in Britain. David Walker, in his Bath Report, calls this and other coins of the same period "Coins of British Association". 213 coins of this particular type were found in the Sacred Spring at Bath. See Walker, Bath, p. 290ff

Coin of British Association: Antoninus Britannia

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 154
Date to: AD 155

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2 mm
Diameter: 23 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2008

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Antoninus Pius
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate head right
Obverse inscription: [ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII]
Reverse description: Britannia seated left on rock; to left, shield and sceptre
Reverse inscription: [BRITANNIA COS IIII]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
RIC Identifier: RIC III Antoninus Pius 934
Reverse mint mark: -//-
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Sudbrooke (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF0376
Four figure Latitude: 53.270996
Four figure longitude: -0.456979
1:25K map: TF0376
1:10K map: TF07NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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