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Unique ID: HAMP1858
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 231
Date to: AD 235
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 29 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1985
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Primary material: Base Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Denomination: Radiate (antoninianus)
Ruler/issuer: Severus Alexander
Reece period: Period 11 [222-238]
Obverse description: Bust r., laureate, draped
Obverse inscription: IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG
Reverse description: Mars advancing r., carrying spear and shield
Reverse inscription: MARS VLTOR
No coin references available.
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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 | 120 | no. 635 |
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Object type: COIN
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