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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-0F0D81
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A denarius of Faustina II dated to the period AD 157-161 (Reece Period 8). AVGVSTI PII FIL reverse type depicting Venue standing left holding Victory and resting on a shield set upon a helmet. Mint of Rome.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 157
Date to: Circa AD 161
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.22 g
Diameter: 16.83 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 12-1335
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Faustina II
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 8 [161-180]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: A bust facing right
Obverse inscription: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA
Reverse description: Venus standing left holding Victory and resting on a shield set upon a helmet
Reverse inscription: AVGVSTI PII FIL
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Lighthorne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3356
Four figure Latitude: 52.201248
Four figure longitude: -1.518567
1:25K map: SP3356
1:10K map: SP35NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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