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COIN
Unique ID: BUC-BB0E42
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A clipped siliqua, contemporary copy, of Honorius. Obv: Diademed bust right, D N HONORIVS P F AVG. Rev: Roma seated left with Victory & spear, VIRTVS ROMANORVM; mint of Milan, c. 395-402 (for prototype). RIC X, cf. 1228
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 395
Date to: Circa AD 402
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.88 g
Diameter: 13.82 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st May 2011
Personal details
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Recorded by: Ms Ros Tyrrell
Identified by: Ms Ros Tyrrell
Secondary identifier: Dr Sam Moorhead
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Siliqua
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Honorius (emperor)
Reece period: Period 21 [388-402]
Mint or issue place: Mediolanum
Obverse description: Diademed bust right
Obverse inscription: D N HONORIVS P F AVG
Reverse description: Roma seated left with Victory & spear
Reverse inscription: VIRTVS ROMANORVM
Reverse mint mark: -//...
Status: Clipped contemporary copy
Coin references
- RIC : X cf. 1228
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Wycombe (District)
To be known as: Longwick
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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