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COIN
Unique ID: CORN-604237
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver Republican denarius with only four letters left on the obverse NIVS and a bare head facing right with curly hair and no beard and a defined angular mark at the base of the neck. So perhaps it is a denarius with the head and legend of Marcus Antonius, or Mark Antony (83-30 BC), but must date from at least the time of the Second Triumvirate with Octavian, established in 43 BC. The closest parallels that the recorder can find are on coins from the east, c.32-31 BC, with small lettering behind the head, and the best example of these is illustrated in BMC, Republic III (1970) on Plate CXVI, Fig.16 and noted in BMC Republic II on page 532, No.227, which has a reverse of Victory standing left within a wreath. The reverse is very worn and corroded but a central figure with projections can be made out, but the border is not a wreath but a ring of pellets, as on the obverse. Other permeatations of NIVS and NVS have been investigated, but the lettering and heads do not match, for example the head of Jupiter with CAPITOLINVS behind (see BMC Republic III, Plate LVI, Fig.3).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 43 BC
Date to: Circa 31 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 3.5 g
Diameter: 18.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 9th January 2012 - Monday 9th January 2012
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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
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 1 [Pre AD 41]
Mint or issue place: Eastern mint
Mint qualifier: Possibly
Obverse description: head facing right with curly hair and defined base of neck
Obverse inscription: [M ANTO]NIVS [...]
Reverse description: standing figure facing left
Reverse inscription: illegible
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
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: Ludgvan (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW5032
Four figure Latitude: 50.13527
Four figure longitude: -5.499807
1:25K map: SW5032
1:10K map: SW52NW
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grueber, H.A. | 1910 | Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum | Oxford | University Press | 532, Plate CXVI, Fig.16, | No.227 |
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