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COIN
Unique ID: BM-BCC988
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy as of Gordian III (AD 238-244), dating to AD 241-3, VIRTVTI AVGVSTI (Reece Period 12), Hercules standing right with club. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, pt. 3, p. 49, no. 309
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 241
Date to: Exactly AD 243
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 7.09 g
Diameter: 24 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Gordian III
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 12 [238-260]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate, draped and cuirassed seen from rear, right
Obverse inscription: [IMP G]ORDIANVS [PIVS FEL AVG]
Reverse description: Hercules standing right, resting right hand on hip and left hand on club set on rock; lion skin beside club
Reverse inscription: [VIRTVTI] AVG[VSTI], S C in field
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: South Ferriby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9821
Four figure Latitude: 53.67628818
Four figure longitude: -0.51790456
1:25K map: SE9821
1:10K map: SE92SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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