Rights Holder: Northamptonshire County Council
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Unique ID: NARC-D0E330
Object type certainty: Certain
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A plated copy(?) of a silver denarius of Julia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, dating to the period AD 196-211. Rome mint. Obverse: JVLIA AVGVUSTA; reverse: VENVS FELIX. cf. RIC IV, p. 170, no. 580.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 196
Date to: Circa AD 211
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.16 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 5th December 2010
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Base Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Julia Domna
Reece period: Period 10 [193-222]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Draped bust right
Obverse inscription: [IVLIA AVGVSTA]
Reverse description: Venus standing front, head left, holding apple and drawing drapery from shoulder
Reverse inscription: [VENVS F]ELIX
Status: Contemporary copy (Plated copy)
4 Figure: SP5754
Four figure Latitude: 52.181315
Four figure longitude: -1.16777
1:25K map: SP5754
1:10K map: SP55SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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