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COIN
Unique ID: CORN-CE0992
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Notes:
As all the other associated Roman coins in this group of 15 coins have been found in a fairly restricted area, roughly 400 by 200 metres, they could form part of a dispersed hoard from the mid-second century AD.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 125
Date to: AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 8.6 g
Diameter: 27 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 30th March 2004
Personal details
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Probably
Ruler/issuer: Marcus Aurelius (as Caesar)
Primary ruler qualifier: Possibly
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Obverse description: too worn to see
Obverse inscription: illegible
Reverse description: traces of a figure standing left holding something in their right hand and a spear or long staff in their left hand
Reverse inscription: illegible
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Ludgvan (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW5032
Four figure Latitude: 50.13527
Four figure longitude: -5.499807
1:25K map: SW5032
1:10K map: SW52NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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