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COIN
Unique ID: SOM-727647
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Roman copper-alloy barbarous radiate copying a coin of Divus Claudius II dating to the period AD 275-285 (Reece period 14). Reverse type depicting altar type 1a. Mint uncertain. Cunetio p.160, c.f. 2873.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 275
Date to: Circa AD 285
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.8 mm
Width: 14.5 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1.92 g
Diameter: 15.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 3rd September 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 22395
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Radiate (antoninianus)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Divus Claudius (Barbarous Radiate)
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Obverse description: Radiate bust facing right
Obverse inscription: Illegible [DIVO CLAVDIO]
Reverse description: Altar with flame on top and side divided into quarters by equal armed cross; pellets in each quarter (type 1a)
Reverse inscription: CONSEC{RATIO]
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Status: Contemporary copy (Barbarous radiate)
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)
To be known as: Willoughby Hedge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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