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COIN
Unique ID: DOR-07298E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A cast copper-alloy contemporary copy of an as of Hadrian (AD 117-138), dating to the period AD 122 (Reece period 6). P M TR P COS III S C, FORT RED (in exergue) reverse type depicting Fortuna seated left holding rudder and cornucopiae. As RIC II, p. 421, no. 617. This is probably a Coin of British Association and perhaps from Walker's casting mint, cf. Walker, 1988: p. 292, pl. XXXII.
Notes:
Coin of British Association: cast Hadrian Fortuna
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 122
Date to: Circa AD 122
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 9.92 g
Diameter: 25.85 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: GAS5
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 6 [117-138]
Obverse description: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Obverse inscription: [...]ANVS HADRIAN[...]
Reverse description: Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopiae
Reverse inscription: [P M TR] P-COS III,S C, FORT RED (in exergue)
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
RIC Identifier: Nothing returned from Nomisma at this time
Reverse mint mark: -//-
Status: Contemporary copy (cast)
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
To be known as: Gussage All Saints
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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