Rights Holder: Adrian Marsden
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Unique ID: NMS-E69F5C
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
Cast copy (Limesfalsum) of an as of Maximus, prototype dating to AD 236-8 (Reece Period 11), PIETAS AVG reverse depicting a collection of priestly implements used for sacrifice (lituus, knife, patera, jug, simpulum and sprinkler). Protype Mint of Rome. RIC IV, pt 2, p. 156, cf. no. 12b; BMC VI, pp. 239-40, cf. nos. 208-9. The surfaces show evidence of a high tin content. This coin could well have been produced in the AD 240s.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 236
Date to: Circa AD 238
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.8 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 16th July 2014 - Wednesday 17th September 2014
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SMR reference number: 42714
Other reference: AHS092014
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Maximus
Reece period: Period 11 [222-238]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Bare-headed, draped right, seen from behind
Obverse inscription: MAXIMVS CAES GERM
Reverse description: Sacrificial implements
Reverse inscription: PIETAS AVG, S C (is exergue)
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Status: Contemporary Copy (Limesfalsum)
4 Figure: TM1791
Four figure Latitude: 52.47377212
Four figure longitude: 1.19367553
1:25K map: TM1791
1:10K map: TM19SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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