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COIN
Unique ID: CORN-A076F5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy Greek or Greek Imperial coin, dating from c.300 BC - AD 250, with head facing right on obverse and perhaps a rider on horseback on the reverse, but too corroded and worn to make out any details in order to identify the coin.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Period from: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Date from: Circa 300 BC
Date to: Circa AD 250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.5 mm
Weight: 13.15 g
Diameter: 22.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 10th August 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Numismatic data
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Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Ludgvan (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW5032
Four figure Latitude: 50.13526966
Four figure longitude: -5.49980675
1:25K map: SW5032
1:10K map: SW52NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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