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COIN
Unique ID: CAM-B467B6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Roman silver denarius of Faustina I; commemorative issue, dating to the period AD 141 - 150 (Reece period 7). Diameter 17.87mm, weight 2.3g. See RIC Vol III, page 71, no. 360.
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 141
Date to: Exactly AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.3 g
Diameter: 17.87 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 22nd August 2008 - Monday 25th August 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Rally Ref 37/186
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Faustina the Elder
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Draped bust right
Obverse inscription: DIVA FAVSTINA
Reverse description: Ceres standing left, holding corn ears and torch
Reverse inscription: AVGVSTA
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Chesterton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL1295
Four figure Latitude: 52.54134731
Four figure longitude: -0.34997496
1:25K map: TL1295
1:10K map: TL19NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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