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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-F80520
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Roman Republican denarius issued in 67BC by M. Plaetorius Cestianus. Rev: Eagle standing on a thunderbolt.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 67 BC
Date to: Circa 67 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.38 g
Diameter: 18.42 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012 - Tuesday 31st January 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B12-58
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Roman Republic)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Republic
Reece period: Period 1 [Pre AD 41]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Helmeted head facing right
Obverse inscription: CESTIANVS [SC]
Reverse description: Eagle standing on a thunderbolt
Reverse inscription: M PLAETORIVS MF AED CVR
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Republican moneyer: Plaetorius (Cestianus), L.
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Ipsden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6383
Four figure Latitude: 51.54239
Four figure longitude: -1.092954
1:25K map: SU6383
1:10K map: SU68SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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