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COIN
Unique ID: BM-87A978
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Silver denarius of Commodus (180-92), dating to AD 185 (Reece Period 9), TR P XI IMP VII COS V P P, Jupiter seated left. Mint of Rome. RIC III, p. 379, no. 117
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 185
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.88 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 1996 - Tuesday 31st December 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder Number A-2
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Commodus
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 9 [180-193]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate head right
Obverse inscription: M COMM ANT P FEL AVG [BRIT]
Reverse description: Jupiter seated left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre
Reverse inscription: [P M TR P XI I]MP VII COS V P P
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Tonbridge and Malling (District)
Parish or ward: Ightham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ5857
Four figure Latitude: 51.29021884
Four figure longitude: 0.26452899
1:25K map: TQ5857
1:10K map: TQ55NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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