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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-CC3A37
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn copper alloy Roman provincial tetradrachm, probably of Probus and dating to the period AD 276-282. Reece period 14. Mint of Alexandria (Egypt). BMC Greek, Alexandria, p314, cf. 2425-6.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Period from: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Period to: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Date from: Circa AD 276
Date to: Circa AD 282
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.4 mm
Weight: 7.2 g
Diameter: 18.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2014 - Friday 11th April 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2013.1040
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Tetradrachm view all attributed records
Ruler/issuer: Probus
Mint or issue place: Alexandria (Egypt)
Obverse description: Laureate bust right
Obverse inscription: Unclear Greek inscription
Reverse description: Eagle standing right, head left, holding wreath in beak
Reverse inscription: L - [A or B?]
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wokingham (Unitary Authority)
District: Wokingham (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Near Wokingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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