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COIN
Unique ID: BM-0376A5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy sestertius of Commodus (AD 180-92), dating to AD 184 (Reece Period 9), VOT SVSCEP DECENN, Commodus standing left sacrificing over altar. Mint of Rome. RIC III, p. 416, no. 441.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 184
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 25.13 g
Diameter: 33 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 9th August 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: RH 14/0582
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Commodus
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 9 [180-193]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate head right
Obverse inscription: M COMMOD[VS ANT]-ON AVG PIVS BRIT
Reverse description: Commodus standing left, sacrificing over altar
Reverse inscription: [VOTA SVSCEP DECEN S C]
Status: Regular
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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