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Unique ID: CORN-838F06
Object type certainty: Certain
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Copper alloy sestertius of Faustina II (c.AD 145-175), consecration issue of Faustina II after her death (c.AD 176), Reece period 8, BMC 4th issue of DIVA FAVSTINA PIA obverse type with draped bust with rows of plaits in chevrons across head and knotted into low chignon on back of neck, facing right, SIDERIBVS RECEPTA S C reverse type with Diva Faustina as Diana, draped and wearing crescent on shoulders,standing front, head facing right holding lighted torch in both hands across body, mint of Rome. Cf. BMC IV pp. 655-6, Plate 87, Figs.1 & 3, Nos.1585 & 1591.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 176
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 14.6 g
Diameter: 31 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 8th March 2014
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Faustina II
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 8 [161-180]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: draped bust of Diva Faustina, hair elaborately waived and knotted in chignon low on neck
Obverse inscription: DIVA FAVST[INA PIA]
Reverse description: Diva Faustina as Diana, wearing crescent on shoulders standing front with head right holding a lighted torch in both hands
Reverse inscription: [SI]DERIB[VS RECE]PTA // S C
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SW6432
Four figure Latitude: 50.14100527
Four figure longitude: -5.30424849
1:25K map: SW6432
1:10K map: SW62NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mattingly, H. and Carson, R.A.G. | 1976 | Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum | London | British Museum Press | 655-6, Plate 87, Figs.1 & 3, | Nos.1585 & 1591 |