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COIN
Unique ID: SOM-092398
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman silver republican denarius of M. Aemilius Scaurus and P. Plautius Hypsaeus, King Aretas kneeling by camel / Jupitar in quadriga, minted at Rome 58 BC, RRC 422/1.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly 58 BC
Date to: Exactly 58 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.6 mm
Weight: 2.88 g
Diameter: 17.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 17th January 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC 020770
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: Camel right; before, kneeling figure of King Aretas, holding reins in left hand and olive-branch tied with fillet in right hand
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Jupiter in quadriga left, holding reins in left hand and hurling thunderbolt with right hand
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Republican moneyer: Aemilius Scaurus, M.
RRC Identifier: RRC 422/1b
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
- RRC : 422/1
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Hinton St George
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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