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COIN
Unique ID: FAPJW-4A3D65
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper-alloy Hellenistic or Roman Provinical coin dating to the period 200 BC to the early third century AD. The coin is worn and corroded making identification difficult. However, it is possible that it is a Roman Provincial issue of Septimius Severus. The reverse depicts an unclear figure standing left. Mint uncertain.
Notes:
SF 7043
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Period from: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Date from: Circa 200 BC
Date to: Circa AD 230
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 8 g
Diameter: 22 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Ruler/issuer: Septimius Severus
Obverse description: Bust right
Obverse inscription: [...]
Reverse description: Figure left
Reverse inscription: [...]
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
District: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Piercebridge (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ2115
Four figure Latitude: 54.529849
Four figure longitude: -1.677018
1:25K map: NZ2115
1:10K map: NZ21NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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