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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-3D3F84
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy sestertius of Marcus Aurelius, (161-180AD).
Obverse: [M ANTO]NINVS AVG [GERM TR P XXIX]; laureate bust right.
Reverse: [LIBERALITAS AVG VI IMP] VII C[OS III S C]; Liberalitas standing left holding abacus and cornucopiae.
Rome AD175.
RIC 1147.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.09 mm
Weight: 16.1 g
Diameter: 29.98 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Marcus Aurelius (as Augustus)
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 8 [161-180]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Laureate bust right.
Obverse inscription: [M ANTO]NINVS AVG [GERM TR P XXIX]
Reverse description: Liberalitas standing left holding abacus and cornucopiae.
Reverse inscription: [LIBERALITAS AVG VI IMP] VII C[OS III S C]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Oswestry
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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