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Unique ID: SUSS-693376
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy dupondius or as of Faustina I (the elder) (138-161 AD), unclear reverse type. The edges are chipped and damaged all the way round
Notes:
Possible Coin of British Association: Faustina I
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 138
Date to: Circa AD 161
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.7 mm
Weight: 6.4 g
Diameter: 23.4 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 10th September 2008
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Dupondius or as
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Faustina the Elder
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Obverse description: Female head facing left
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Standing figure draped, S C in field
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
No references cited so far.