Rights Holder: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service
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Unique ID: SWYOR-BC92A3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A Roman coin; a plated contemporary copy possibly of a denarius of Severus Alexander (222 - 235). Only half the coin survives. It has a copper alloy core and has been plated. The coin has been squashed and the flan is split.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 222
Date to: Circa AD 235
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.71 mm
Weight: 1.65 g
Diameter: 20.32 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 10th May 2010 - Monday 9th May 2011
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Other reference: PAS Form Number 1505
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Probably
Ruler/issuer: Severus Alexander
Primary ruler qualifier: Probably
Reece period: Period 11 [222-238]
Obverse description: Laureate bust right
Obverse inscription: [...]N[...]
Reverse description: standing figure
Reverse inscription: [...]A[...]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Status: Contemporary copy (Plated copy)
Status qualifier: Certain
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SE3652
Four figure Latitude: 53.962836
Four figure longitude: -1.452788
1:25K map: SE3652
1:10K map: SE35SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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