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COIN
Unique ID: BM-F15087
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy barbarous radiate, copying Tetricus I (AD 271-4), dating to c. AD 275-85 (Reece Period 14), SPES AVGG, Spes walking left with flower (1 leg visible). Prototype from Gaul Mint I.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 275
Date to: Circa AD 285
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.88 g
Diameter: 16 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014 - Friday 31st October 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: RH 14/0761
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Radiate (antoninianus)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Radiate (Barbarous)
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Obverse description: Radiate and cuirassed right
Obverse inscription: IMP TET[...]
Reverse description: Spes walking left, holding flower and raising up dress (one leg visible through dress)
Reverse inscription: [SPE]S AV[GG]
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Status: Contemporary copy (Barbarous radiate)
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
To be known as: Godmanchester area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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