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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-AEFFB1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A very worn copper alloy Roman dupondius or as of an uncertain ruler, but dating to the first or second century AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 160
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 5.2 g
Diameter: 23.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014 - Wednesday 7th May 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2014.138
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Dupondius or as
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Uncertain - 1st/2nd Century AD
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Bust right
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Female seating on throne, right
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Spelsbury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3622
Four figure Latitude: 51.89539254
Four figure longitude: -1.47824386
1:25K map: SP3622
1:10K map: SP32SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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