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COIN
Unique ID: WMID-186103
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A copper alloy sestertius of Hadrian (AD 117-38), dating to AD 117-122 (Reece Period 6), PONT MAX CONCORDIA TR P COS P P S C or later variant], Concordia seated left. Mint of Rome. RIC II, p. 405, 535b passim.
Diameter: 32.5 mm
Thickness: 3.3 mm
Weight: 15.7 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 117
Date to: Circa AD 122
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.3 mm
Weight: 15.7 g
Diameter: 32.5 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Hadrian
Reece period: Period 6 [117-138]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Probably
Obverse description: Laureate head right (with drapery on left shoulder)
Obverse inscription: [ ... ]
Reverse description: Concordia seated left holding patera and resting elbow on figure of Spes
Reverse inscription: [CONCORDIA P M TR P COS P P] S C, or later variant
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: South Staffordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ8614
Four figure Latitude: 52.72346386
Four figure longitude: -2.2087216
1:25K map: SJ8614
1:10K map: SJ81SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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