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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-DC82AF
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver denarius of Vespasian, (AD69-79).
Reverse: PON[TIF MAXIM; Vespasian seated right, holding sceptre and branch.
Rome AD73.
RIC 2 2(2), p. 98, no. 545.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 73
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.2 g
Diameter: 28 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Vespasian
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 4 [69-96]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate head right.
Obverse inscription: [IMP CAES VESP AVG CENS]
Reverse description: Vespasian seated right, holding sceptre and branch.
Reverse inscription: PON[TIF MAXIM
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Tarvin
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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