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COIN
Unique ID: NARC-E71DC4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A coppwer alloy dupondius or as. Very worn with little diagnostic detail remaining through the corrison. Probably Marcus Aurelius or Commodus.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 161
Date to: Circa AD 192
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 8.23 g
Diameter: 26 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th January 2012
Rally details.
This object was found at Digging Up The Past - Odstone, Leics
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Dupondius or as
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Marcus Aurelius (as Augustus)
Primary ruler qualifier: Probably
Reece period: Period 8 [161-180]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: bare head(?), curly hair and bearded right
Obverse inscription: [ ]
Reverse description: central figure
Reverse inscription: [ ]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
Parish or ward: Shackerstone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK3808
Four figure Latitude: 52.668386
Four figure longitude: -1.439515
1:25K map: SK3808
1:10K map: SK30NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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