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COIN
Unique ID: CORN-C5B078
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy sestertius of Maximinus I Thrax (235-238), dating to AD 236-7 (Reece Period 11), FIDES MILITVM, FIdes standing left holding two standards. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, Pt 2, p. 146, no. 78; BMC VI, p. 234, nos. 139-41.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 236
Date to: Circa AD 237
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 10.07 g
Diameter: 28 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd August 2011 - Tuesday 2nd August 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 6083
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Maximinus
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 11 [222-238]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate, draped and cuirassed right, seen from behind
Obverse inscription: MAXIMINVS PIVS [AVG GERM]
Reverse description: Fides standing, facing, with head left, holding a military standard upright in each hand
Reverse inscription: [FIDES MILITVM] // S / C
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
RIC Identifier: RIC IV Maximinus Thrax 78
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
- RIC : IV, pt 2 p. 140, no. 7A
- BMC : VI p. 234, nos. 139-141
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Ludgvan (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW5032
Four figure Latitude: 50.13527
Four figure longitude: -5.499807
1:25K map: SW5032
1:10K map: SW52NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattingly, H. and Carson, R.A.G. | 1976 | Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum | London | British Museum Press | 234, Plate 38, | No.139 | |
| Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A. | 1962 | Roman Imperial Coinage IV Part II: Macrinus to Pupienus | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 146, | No.78 |
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