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COIN

Unique ID: HAMP3306

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 176

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.43 g
Diameter: 19 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st April 2002

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Ruler/issuer: Commodus
Reece period: Period 9 [180-193]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Bust r., laureate, draped
Obverse inscription: IMP . CAES . L. AVREL . COMMODVS . GERM . SARM
Reverse description: Salus standing left, holding sceptre and feeding snake coiled around altar
Reverse inscription: TR POT II COS

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Gussage All Saints (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU0012
Four figure Latitude: 50.90747
Four figure longitude: -2.001371
1:25K map: SU0012
1:10K map: SU01SW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A.	1936	Roman Imperial Coinage: Augustus to Vitellius	London	Spink and Son Ltd	264	no. 623

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Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 21 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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