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COIN
Unique ID: CAM-FF0F68
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A base silver plated contemporary copy of a Denarius of Tiberius. AD25-26 (Reece period 1). Reverse retrograde legend reads [...]MAXIM [...]. Reverse shows Female figure seated right, holding sceptre and branch. Copying a coin minted in Rome. See cf.RIC I, p.95, no.30.
Obverse shows Laureate head right. Obverse retrograde legend reads [...] AVG F AVGVSTVS. Die axis is 12 o'clock, weight is 2.4g, diameter is 17mm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 25
Date to: Circa AD 26
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.4 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 21st October 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Tiberius
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 1 [Pre AD 41]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate head right
Obverse inscription: [...] AVG F AVGVSTVS
Reverse description: Female figure seated right, holding sceptre and branch
Reverse inscription: [...]MAXIM [...]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Status: Contemporary copy (Plated copy)
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
To be known as: Huntingdon District Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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