Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: CORN-0F4F73
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver denarius of Hadrian (AD 117-138), P M TR P COS III Genius type, c.AD 119-122, mint of Rome, RIC 88, BMC 185.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 119
Date to: Circa AD 122
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 2.7 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th October 2008 - Friday 17th October 2008
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Hadrian
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 6 [117-138]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: laureate head facing right
Obverse inscription: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG
Reverse description: Genius, naked to waist, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand, over altar, and cornucopia in left arm
Reverse inscription: P M TR P COS III
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
4 Figure: SW9475
Four figure Latitude: 50.538403
Four figure longitude: -4.908508
1:25K map: SW9475
1:10K map: SW95SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mattingly, H. and Carson, R.A.G. | 1976 | Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum | London | British Museum Press | 263, Plate 50, Fig.13, | No.185 | |
Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A. | 1926 | Roman Imperial Coinage: Vespasian to Hadrian | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 351, | No.88 |