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COIN
Unique ID: ESS-181492
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 147
Date to: AD 148
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.34 g
Diameter: 17.46 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ID 3502
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Antoninus Pius
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate bust facing right
Obverse inscription: ANTONINVS [AVG] PIUS PP TRP X I (I is over point of bust)
Reverse description: Vesta veiled, draped, standing left holding a simpulum in right hand and palladium at shoulder in left.
Reverse inscription: COS IIII
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Uttlesford (District)
To be known as: Ashdon
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattingly, H. and Carson, R.A.G. | 1976 | Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum | London | British Museum Press | 89 | 619 |
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