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Unique ID: LVPL-C52AE4
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver denarius of Hadrian, (117-138AD).
Obv: [HA]DRIANVS AVG COS III P P; laureate head right.
Rev: FORTV[NA] AVG; Fortune standing left.
RIC 244
Class: Denarius
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 117
Date to: Circa AD 138
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.02 mm
Weight: 2.8 g
Diameter: 17.02 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 1999
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Hadrian
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 6 [117-138]
Obverse description: Laureate head right.
Obverse inscription: [HA]DRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Reverse description: Fortune standing left.
Reverse inscription: FORTV[NA] AVG
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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