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Unique ID: WMID-2B5785
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver denarius of Titus (AD 79-81), dating to the period c.AD 80 (Reece Period 4). TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, reverse type depicting a thunderbolt on draped table. Mint of Rome. RIC II (2nd ed.), p. 206, no. 119
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Diameter: 17.9 mm
Weight: 2.5 g
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 80
Date to: Circa AD 80
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 2.5 g
Diameter: 17.9 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 27th April 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Titus
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 TIT] VS CAES VESPASIAN [AVG P M]
Reverse description: Thunderbolt on draped table.
Reverse inscription: TR [P IX IMP XV] CO[S VIII P P]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
RIC Identifier: RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Titus 119
Status: Contemporary copy (Plated copy)
Status qualifier: Possibly
4 Figure: SK0821
Four figure Latitude: 52.78651717
Four figure longitude: -1.88282163
1:25K map: SK0821
1:10K map: SK02SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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