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COIN
Unique ID: WMID4383
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 305
Date to: AD 307
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st December 2001
Personal details
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Severus
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 15 [296-317]
Mint or issue place: Londinium
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate and cuirassed bust facing right (Front view)
Obverse inscription: SEVERVS NOBILISSMVS CAES[...]
Reverse description: Genius standing left, modius on head. Naked but for chlamys over left shoulder. Holding patera in right hand, cornucopiae in left
Reverse inscription: GENIO [POPV] - LI ROMANI
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Tanworth-in-Arden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP1171
Four figure Latitude: 52.336975
Four figure longitude: -1.839981
1:25K map: SP1171
1:10K map: SP17SW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A. | 1936 | Roman Imperial Coinage: Augustus to Vitellius | London | Spink and Son Ltd | p. 128 | No. 58a |
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