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COIN
Unique ID: SUSS-F80C52
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy barbarous radiate, copying a type of Claudius II Gothicus (268-270), CONSECRATIO (altar with square pattern) reverse. c.275-85 AD
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 275
Date to: Circa AD 285
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.6 mm
Weight: 2.05 g
Diameter: 16.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 26th May 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Radiate (antoninianus)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Radiate (Barbarous)
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Obverse description: Radiate head facing right
Obverse inscription: None / illegible
Reverse description: Altar with fire on top, side divided into 4 squares by lines with a pellet in the centre of each.
Reverse inscription: [CONSCR]ATIO
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Chichester (District)
To be known as: Near Chichester
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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