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COIN
Unique ID: WMID-C2B356
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete struck / hammered copper alloy sesterius of uncertain Emperor, dating from the First to Second Centuries AD. Reverse type unclear but consists of a standing figure.
Diameter: 31.24 mm
Thickness: 3.81 mm
Weight: 21.1 grams
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.81 mm
Weight: 21.1 g
Diameter: 31.24 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011 - Saturday 31st December 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Tg - 1686
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Uncertain - 1st-mid 3rd century
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Bare head, facing right
Obverse inscription: illegible
Reverse description: standing figure
Reverse inscription: illegible
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: North Rauceby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0046
Four figure Latitude: 53.001992
Four figure longitude: -0.511296
1:25K map: TF0046
1:10K map: TF04NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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