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COIN
Unique ID: SWYOR-DC34E8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy illegible coin, probably Roman. The coin has areas of silver on the surface; possibly from plating a copper alloy core to make a fake denarius or from a base silver coin where the silver has leached to the surface. All the details are illegible.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.76 mm
Width: 12.03 mm
Thickness: 1.71 mm
Weight: 0.83 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 24th October 2010 - Sunday 24th October 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1395
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Possibly
Ruler/issuer: Uncertain - 1st-mid 3rd century
Primary ruler qualifier: Possibly
Obverse description: illegible
Obverse inscription: illegible
Reverse description: illegible
Reverse inscription: illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Contemporary copy (Plated copy)
Status qualifier: Possibly
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Wetwang (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9059
Four figure Latitude: 54.019167
Four figure longitude: -0.627852
1:25K map: SE9059
1:10K map: SE95NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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