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COIN
Unique ID: ESS-77B2D2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A Roman copper alloy as of Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD) dating to the period 154-155 AD (Reece Period 7). BRITANNIA COS IIII reverse type depicting Britannia seated left on a rock. Mint of Rome. RIC vol. III, no. 934. This is a Coin of British Association as listed by D. Walker in his study of the Sacred Spring at Bath, cf. Walker, 1988: pp. 294, 297-8, nos. 73-122, 136-288, pls. XXXV-VI.
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Artefact not seen by FLO, recorded from information supplied by finder
Coin of British Association: Antoninus Britannia
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner
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
Weight: 10.47 g
Diameter: 29 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1995 - Tuesday 1st January 2002
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder's Reference 034-C0033
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Antoninus Pius
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Laureate, draped bust, right
Obverse inscription: [ANTO]NINVS [AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII]
Reverse description: Britannia seated left on a rock SC in ex.
Reverse inscription: [BRITANNIA COS IIII]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
RIC Identifier: RIC III Antoninus Pius 934
Reverse mint mark: -//-
Status: Regular
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: West Wickham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL6150
Four figure Latitude: 52.12486459
Four figure longitude: 0.35043698
1:25K map: TL6150
1:10K map: TL65SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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