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Unique ID: HAMP1747
Object type certainty: Certain
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Copper alloy sestertius of Commodus (AD 177-92), dating to AD 192 (Reece Period 9), [HERCVLI ROMANO AVG], S C, Hercules standing left, laying hand on trophy and holding club and lion-skin in left. Mint of Rome. RIC III, p. 439, no. 640.
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Part of treasure hoard
Current location of find: HMS
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 192
Date to: AD 192
Quantity: 1
Weight: 20.15 g
Diameter: 27.5 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st October 1999 - Monday 1st November 1999
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Denomination: Sestertius
Ruler/issuer: Commodus
Reece period: Period 9 [180-193]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Laureate head right
Obverse inscription: L . AEL. [AVREL . COMM . AVG . P . FEL.]
Reverse description: Hercules standing left, laying right hand on trophy and holding club and lion-skin in left
Reverse inscription: [HERCVLI ROMANO AVG], S C (in field)
RIC Identifier: RIC III Commodus 640
4 Figure: SU4535
Four figure Latitude: 51.112533
Four figure longitude: -1.358534
1:25K map: SU4535
1:10K map: SU43NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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DCMS | 2000 | Treasure Annual Report 1998-1999 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 113 | 291 | ||
Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A. | 1936 | Roman Imperial Coinage: Augustus to Vitellius | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 439 | 640 (BMC 714) |