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COIN
Unique ID: KENT-70B9A7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
138-161AD. Roman. Antoninus Pius, contemporary copy of a dupondius. Length 24.8mm, Width 22.5mm, Thickness 2.6mm, Diameter 24.8mm, Weight 7.4g. Obverse: Radiate head right. Inscription: ANTONINVS AVG ... Reverse: Female figure, possibly Aequitas/Moneta holding scales and cornucopiae. Inscription: ...S C. Moneta is recorded on a dupondius of Antoninus Pius struck in AD 150-1 (RIC III, p. 136, no. 878); there is a smilar copy, from different dies, in the Bath assemblage with this reverse - Bath p. 323 / pl. XLI, no. 30.
Die axis: 180 deg. or 6 o'clock. Worn with partially legible legend on the obverse but illegible on the reverse other than 'S C'. Attractive green patina but some surface corrosion. Several contemporary copies of Antoninus Pius dupondius found in the Bath spring - Bath plates XL-XLI, c.f. nos. 23-27, 29-32. This is one of an increasing number being recorded by the PAS - e.g. WAW-8E3F15.
Notes:
Coin of British Association: Antoninus Copy
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: National importance
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: British Museum 2014,4109.1
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 138
Date to: Circa AD 161
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.8 mm
Width: 22.5 mm
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 7.4 g
Diameter: 24.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 13th December 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Dupondius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Antoninus Pius
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Obverse description: Radiate head right
Obverse inscription: ANTONINVS AVG
Reverse description: Female figure, probably Aequitas / Moneta holding scales and cornucopiae
Reverse inscription: [ ], S C
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Status: Contemporary copy
Coin references
- RIC : III p. 136, c.f. 878
- Bath : p. 323, c.f. 30
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Sevenoaks (District)
Parish or ward: Shoreham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ5262
Four figure Latitude: 51.33677675
Four figure longitude: 0.18067919
1:25K map: TQ5262
1:10K map: TQ56SW
Grid reference source: GPS (From FLO)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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