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COIN
Unique ID: ESS-8F4381
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy coin: corroded nummus of uncertain emperor.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 300
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.9 g
Diameter: 17.91 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th April 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NS 870
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Uncertain - 4th century
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: bust, right
Reverse description: Standing figure, left
Reverse inscription: D...
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Fenland (District)
To be known as: Eldernell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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