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COIN
Unique ID: HESH-4F2CD7
Object type certainty: Certain
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Copper alloy Alexandrian tradrachm of Aurelian (270-275AD) dating to the period AD 271 to 275.
Obv: Laureate, draped bust right.
AKADOM AVRELIANO SSEB (translated from Greek characters)
Rev: Eagle standing, wings open right, wreath in beak; to right Lamda Episilon
Reece Period: 13
References:
Curtis (1990) p. 154, no. 1779.
BMC 3376.
Notes:
Alexandrian billon tetradrachm (i.e. a base silver 4 drachma coin struck in Alexandria in Egypt) were issued under the Roman emperors for (roughly) the first 3 centuries AD, getting progressively baser and smaller. These coins usually have the bust of an emperor (occasionally a wife or son) on the obverse and assorted Classical or Egyptianising themes on the reverse. They exist because the emperors treated Egypt like a private estate and it kept its own currency system right through to the 290's
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Chronology
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Period from: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Period to: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Date from: Circa AD 271
Date to: Circa AD 275
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.9 mm
Weight: 10.17 g
Diameter: 21.3 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Tetradrachm view all attributed records
Mint or issue place: Alexandria, Egypt
Obverse description: Laureate, draped bust right.
Obverse inscription: AKADOM AVRELIANO SSEB (translated from Greek characters)
Reverse description: Eagle standing, wings open right, wreath in beak; to right Lamda Episilon
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
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Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Hereford
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Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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