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COIN
Unique ID: CORN-18A9E4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Brass sestertius of Marcus Aurelius (AD 139 -180)
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 139
Date to: AD 180
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.4 mm
Weight: 13.19 g
Diameter: 30.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2008 - Monday 31st March 2008
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Marcus Aurelius (as Caesar)
Primary ruler qualifier: Probably
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Probably
Obverse description: laureate head facing right
Obverse inscription: [...] O [...]
Reverse description: female figure standing left
Reverse inscription: illegible
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Padstow
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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