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COIN
Unique ID: CORN-1F8643
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper sestertius of Lucilla (AD 164-169), wife of Lucius Verus (AD 161-169), First Issue, c.AD 164, VENVS SC type, BMC 1174, RIC 1778
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 164
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 22.58 g
Diameter: 30 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st March 2011 - Thursday 31st March 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Lucilla
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 8 [161-180]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: draped bust facing right with hair elaborately waved and fastened into a chignon low on the back of the head
Obverse inscription: LVCILLA AVGVSTA
Reverse description: Venus draped seated left on throne holding Victory on right hand and vertical sceptre in left
Reverse inscription: [VENVS SC]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Lanhydrock (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX0863
Four figure Latitude: 50.435373
Four figure longitude: -4.705012
1:25K map: SX0863
1:10K map: SX03SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattingly, H. and Carson, R.A.G. | 1976 | Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum | London | British Museum Press | 572, Plate 77, Fig.2, | No.1174 | |
| Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A. | 1930 | Roman Imperial Coinage: Antoninus Pius to Commodus | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 355, Plate XIII, Fig.263, | No.1778 |
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