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COIN
Unique ID: SUSS-6B34E4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy as of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-61), BRITANNIA COS IIII reverse (Britannia seated left on rock in attitude of dejection; to left, shield and sceptre), minted in Rome, AD 154-5, RIC III, p. 142, no. 934
Notes:
A coin of British association (ie mostly found in this provence and probably minted specifically and sent here). They are also often poorly stuck and of low quality. This example appears, from the patina, to have a high lead content in the bronze and may be a contemporary copy.
Coin of British Association: Antoninus Britannia
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 154
Date to: AD 155
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.7 mm
Weight: 8.66 g
Diameter: 23.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 2nd April 2009
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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: Certain
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate head facing left
Obverse inscription: [AN]TONINVS A[VG PIVS P P TR P XVIII]
Reverse description: Britannia seated left on rock; to left, shield and sceptre
Reverse inscription: [B]RITAN[NIA COS IIII]
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
RIC Identifier: RIC III Antoninus Pius 934
Reverse mint mark: -//-
Status: Contemporary copy
Status qualifier: Possibly
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Mid Sussex (District)
To be known as: Fulking
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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