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COIN
Unique ID: BM-51F938
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A silver denarius of Domitian dating to the period AD 90 to 91 (Reece period 4). IMP XXI COS XV CENS P P reverse type depicting Minerva advancing right with spear and shield. Mint of Rome. RIC II, p. 172, no. 152. The coin appears to have been deliberately cut in half.
Notes:
SF 5474
Evidence of reuse: The coin appears to have been deliberately cut in half.
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 90
Date to: Exactly AD 91
Period of reuse: ROMAN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.22 mm
Width: 9.95 mm
Thickness: 1.94 mm
Weight: 1.6 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Domitian
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 4 [69-96]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Head right
Obverse inscription: [...]M P M TR P XI
Reverse description: Minerva advancing right brandishing spear and shield
Reverse inscription: [IMP X]XI COS XV CENS P P
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
District: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Piercebridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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