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COIN
Unique ID: SUSS-32CCB4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Notes:
Part of a group of 29 coins found many years ago. Sam Moorhead (PAS advisor on Roman and Iron Age Coins) has studied and identified the coins. He comments: "Many of the coins have a distinctive water-worn patina consistent with their Thames findspot. The early peak in Period 7 (138-161: 6 coins) is consistent with many other PAS groups. Moreover, the votive deposits at Bath also showed this peak in Period 7. The latest coin pre-date 364. Coins of the House of Valentinian are scarcer in the south-east than in the south-west and further up the east coast, so this might be significant. Seen against other finds from the Thames, these coins might make an important contribution."
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 138
Date to: AD 161
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 5.67 g
Diameter: 24.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2008
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Antoninus Pius
Primary ruler qualifier: Possibly
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate head or bust facing right
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Illegible
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: London (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Hammersmith and Fulham (London Borough)
Parish or ward: Hammersmith Broadway (London Borough Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ2278
Four figure Latitude: 51.487798
Four figure longitude: -0.244249
1:25K map: TQ2278
1:10K map: TQ27NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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