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COIN
Unique ID: NARC-BF9DF4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Silver-plated contemporary copy of a denarius of Septimius Severus (AD 193-211) Prototype of Rome, AD 202-210
Obverse: SEVERVS [PIVS AVG]; laureate head right
Reverse: FVN[DATOR PACIS]; Emperor standing left holding branch and roll
Reference: RIC IV, pt 1, p. 124, cf. 265
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 202
Date to: Circa AD 210
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Septimius Severus
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 10 [193-222]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: laureate head right
Obverse inscription: SEVERVS [PIVS AVG]
Reverse description: Emperor standing left holding branch and roll
Reverse inscription: FVN[DATOR PACIS]
Status: Contemporary copy (Plated copy)
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Kettering (District)
Parish or ward: Pytchley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP8473
Four figure Latitude: 52.34864632
Four figure longitude: -0.76824453
1:25K map: SP8473
1:10K map: SP87SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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