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COIN
Unique ID: DUR-95BF33
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver plated with a copper alloy core, contemporary copy of a denarius of Septimius Severus minted AD 193-211.
Copying RIC 82, minted in Rome 197. This coin was minted to commemorate the emperors provision of public spectacles, hence the elephant on the reverse.
Finders ref- Tub 1.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 193
Date to: Exactly AD 211
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.3 g
Diameter: 15.87 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Tub 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Septimius Severus
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 10 [193-222]
Obverse description: Laureate head right
Reverse description: Elephant walking right
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Status: Contemporary copy (Plated copy)
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
Parish or ward: Collingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8358
Four figure Latitude: 53.112737
Four figure longitude: -0.761462
1:25K map: SK8358
1:10K map: SK85NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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