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COIN
Unique ID: FASAM-748927
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper-alloy barbarous radiate copying an issue of Tetricus II and dating to the period AD 275 to 285 (Reece period 14). Possibly a SALVS AVGG reverse type depicting Salus standing left feeding snake coiled around altar.
Notes:
SF 5337
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 275
Date to: Circa AD 285
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.5 g
Diameter: 15 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Radiate (antoninianus)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Radiate (Barbarous)
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Obverse description: Radiate head right
Obverse inscription: [...]VS CAES[...]
Reverse description: Salus standing left feeding snake coiled around altar
Reverse inscription: [...]PS[...]
Status: Contemporary copy (Barbarous radiate)
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)
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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