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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-D701F3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver Roman denarius of Trajan, PROVID/PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R (Providentia standing left, resting on column, her right hand extended over a globe at her feet and holding sceptre in left hand), mint of Rome, struck AD 117.
Notes:
ID done from photo sent by finder.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 117
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 15 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Trajan
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 5 [96-117]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate and draped bust right
Obverse inscription: IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GERM DAC
Reverse description: Providentia standing left, resting on column, her right hand extended over globe at her feet and holding sceptre in left. PROVID in field.
Reverse inscription: PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Kirkby la Thorpe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
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