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COIN
Unique ID: HAMP1731
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Notes:
Part of treasure hoard
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: HMS
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 140
Date to: AD 144
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 25.48 g
Diameter: 32 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st October 1999 - Monday 1st November 1999
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Ruler/issuer: Antoninus Pius
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Head laureate r.
Obverse inscription: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P. P. TR. P. COS. III
Reverse description: Britannia, helmeted, seated l., r. foot on rock, holding spear and resting l. arm on shield.
Reverse inscription: IMPERATOR II S.C (ROUND) BRITAN (in exergue)
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: South Wonston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4535
Four figure Latitude: 51.112533
Four figure longitude: -1.358534
1:25K map: SU4535
1:10K map: SU43NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCMS | 2000 | Treasure Annual Report 1998-1999 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 113 | 291 | ||
| Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A. | 1936 | Roman Imperial Coinage: Augustus to Vitellius | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 121 | no. 743 |
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