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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-842168
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy sestertius of Commodus, Salus reverse, Rome, 175-92, cf. RIC331.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 175
Date to: Circa AD 192
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 16 g
Diameter: 31 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 21st October 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Commodus
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 9 [180-193]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: right facing bust
Obverse inscription: [C]OMM[ODVS....]
Reverse description: Salus standing, feeding snake from patera
Reverse inscription: [...]PM[..]RPII[..]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Rushcliffe (District)
Parish or ward: Upper Broughton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6625
Four figure Latitude: 52.818507
Four figure longitude: -1.022105
1:25K map: SK6625
1:10K map: SK62NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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