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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-37FBC0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman silver Republican denarius of Q. Minucius Rufus, Rome, 122 BC (RRC no. 277/1).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly 122 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 3.47 g
Diameter: 19 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Roman Republic)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Republic
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 1 [Pre AD 41]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Helmeted head of Roma right. The coin has various bankers' marks including a circular stamp in front of the face
Obverse inscription: [RVF]
Reverse description: Dioscuri riding right.
Reverse inscription: Q.MINV
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Republican moneyer: Minucius Rufus, Q.
RRC Identifier: RRC 277/1
Reverse mint mark: ROMA
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Charnwood (District)
To be known as: Wymeswold
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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