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COIN
Unique ID: BUC-B2A996
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A very worn Roman copper alloy coin, possibly a radiate. Only traces of an eagle on the reverse.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Retained by finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 260
Date to: Circa AD 296
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 12.42 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 1.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th October 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Uncertain
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Traces of what may be an eagle on a globe
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Uttlesford (District)
To be known as: Thaxted
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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