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Unique ID: KENT-528942
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 172
Date to: AD 173
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.8 mm
Width: 24.6 mm
Thickness: 4.6 mm
Weight: 11.7 g
Diameter: 27.8 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th October 2009
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Sestertius
Ruler/issuer: Marcus Aurelius (as Augustus)
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate bust right
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Germania seated left surrounded by weapons, shield, bow and sword
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TQ2820
Four figure Latitude: 50.965211
Four figure longitude: -0.178574
1:25K map: TQ2820
1:10K map: TQ22SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A. | 1936 | Roman Imperial Coinage: Augustus to Vitellius | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 1053 | ||
Sear, D.R. | 2002 | Roman Coins and their values | London | Spink | 312-313 | ||
Spink and Son Ltd | 2003 | Coins of England and the United Kingdom | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 52-53 |