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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-1C8955
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman copper alloy sestertius fragment of Hadrian, 117-38.
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 117
Date to: AD 138
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 8.98 g
Diameter: 30 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 14th October 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Hadrian
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 6 [117-138]
Obverse description: right facing laureate bust
Obverse inscription: [TRA]IANHA[DRIANVS[..]
Reverse description: Possible drapery?
Reverse inscription: not present
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
Parish or ward: Frolesworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP5090
Four figure Latitude: 52.505612
Four figure longitude: -1.264792
1:25K map: SP5090
1:10K map: SP59SW
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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