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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-31BA82
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper-alloy Roman dupondius of Antoninus Pius dating to the period AD 154-155 (Reece period 7). Possibly BRITANNIA COS IIII SC reverse type depicting Britannia seated left on rock. Mint of Rome. Cf. RIC Vol III, p. 142, no. 930. This is a coin of British Association.
Notes:
Possible Coin of British Association: Antoninus Britannia
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 154
Date to: Circa AD 155
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 24 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Devizes E1318
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Dupondius
Denomination qualifier: Probably
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Radiate head facing right
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Britannia seated left
Reverse inscription: [BRITANNIA COS IIII SC]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
RIC Identifier: RIC III Antoninus Pius 930
Reverse mint mark: -//-
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Marden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0957
Four figure Latitude: 51.312044
Four figure longitude: -1.87226
1:25K map: SU0957
1:10K map: SU05NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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