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COIN
Unique ID: FAKL-D733B0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy nummus, all detail missing but surviving traces suggest that this is represents the remains of a nummus.
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 127
Date to: Circa AD 127
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 14.9 mm
Weight: 1.85 g
Diameter: 14.9 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: A425
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Denomination qualifier: Probably
Obverse description: Traces of a rounded head in the centre.
Obverse inscription: ?
Reverse description: Appears to suggest standing figures appropriate to a nummus
Reverse inscription: ?
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Contemporary copy
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Fulford
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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