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COIN
Unique ID: IOW-B17605
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman Republican denarius of 88 BC. Diameter 17mm. Weight 3.30g. RRC 345/1.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: 88 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.3 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th March 2004
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: WILT2004-47
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Roman Republic)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Republic
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 1 [Pre AD 41]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Helmeted head of Mars right
Reverse description: Victory in chariot right
Reverse inscription: [CN] LENTVL (in exergue)
Republican moneyer: Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus, Cn.
RRC Identifier: RRC 345/1
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Broad Hinton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU1175
Four figure Latitude: 51.473858
Four figure longitude: -1.843014
1:25K map: SU1175
1:10K map: SU17NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford, M.H. | 1975 | Roman Republican Coinage | Cambridge | Cambridge University Press | 345/1 |
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