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Unique ID: LEIC-ED8EB4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
Roman plated contemporary copy of a silver denarius of Hadrian, 117-138. Reverse: VENERI GENE[TRICI]. This reverse is not a published type and the legend is only recorded for an aureus (RIC 279). Reece 6
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 134
Date to: Circa AD 138
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1.67 g
Diameter: 17 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Hadrian
Reece period: Period 6 [117-138]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Laureate head right
Obverse inscription: [..]III P P
Reverse description: Standing female with arms raised oval object in left hand
Reverse inscription: VENERI GENE[TRICI?]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Status: Contemporary copy (Plated copy)
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SK5006
Four figure Latitude: 52.649437
Four figure longitude: -1.262383
1:25K map: SK5006
1:10K map: SK50NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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