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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-825121
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper core from a plated silver denarius of uncertain Roman date (c. AD 50-250). The coin is broken across the flan and neither the obverse or reverse can be identified.
Diameter 17.9mm, thickness 3.0mm, weight 0.9g
Notes:
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Subsequent actions
Current location of find: with finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 17.9 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Uncertain - 1st-mid 3rd century
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Probably
Obverse description: Laureate bust right
Obverse inscription: [ ]
Reverse description: uncertain - possibly two clasped hands?
Reverse inscription: [ ]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Contemporary copy (Plated copy)
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Brampton Abbotts
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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