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Unique ID: BUC-CB7208
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
A sestertius of Faustina II dating to the period AD 161 to 176. FECVNDITAS reverse. Rome mint. BMC IV, p. 531, nos. 905ff; RIC III, P. 345, no. 1638.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Date from: Ante AD 161
Date to: Circa AD 176
Quantity: 1
Weight: 21.36 g
Diameter: 29.8 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 31st December 1997
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Faustina II
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 8 [161-180]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Bust right
Obverse inscription: [FAVSTINA AVGVST]A
Reverse description: Fecunditas standing right holding sceptre and infant [SC in left and right field]
Reverse inscription: [FECVNDITAS]
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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