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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-ABF76C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver denarius of Antoninus Pius, (AD138-161).
Notes:
Reverse: [ ]; Figure, female or togate male, left, holding globe? in raised right hand, and ?
Possibly letters in exergue
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 138
Date to: Circa AD 192
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.5 g
Diameter: 17.85 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st July 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Antoninus Pius
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Obverse description: Laureate head right.
Reverse description: Figure standing looking left with right arm up holding object, possibly drapery from elbow of right arm?
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Aston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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