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COIN
Unique ID: SOM-1D2723
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy sestertius of Antoninus Pius (138-161), SALVS AVG COS IIII reverse (Salus standing left feeding snake rising from altar and holding sceptre), minted at Rome, AD 151-153, RIC III p.137, 139 Antoninus Pius 886 or 906.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 151
Date to: Circa AD 153
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.1 mm
Weight: 19.39 g
Diameter: 31.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC reciept 22060
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Antoninus Pius
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate head facing right
Obverse inscription: ANTONINVS AVG - [PIVS P P T](R P XV...)
Reverse description: Slaus standing facing left with right hand feeding a snake coiled round altar to left and with left hand holding a sceptre
Reverse inscription: [S]-ALVS-[AVG COS IIII]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Reverse mint mark: S-C//-
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Piddlehinton
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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