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COIN

Unique ID: NARC-96D222

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Roman Dupondius. The coin is very worn and the ruler can not be discerned.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 260

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 6.8 g
Diameter: 24 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st May 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Dupondius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Emperor radiate facing right.
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Single figure standing.
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse mint mark: Illegible

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
District: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hanslope (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP7848
Four figure Latitude: 52.124818
Four figure longitude: -0.86207
1:25K map: SP7848
1:10K map: SP74NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

No references cited so far.

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2 comments

Mark Schollar wrote @ 19:30:42 on the 30th October 2012.
Hadrian?
Mark Schollar wrote @ 20:35:29 on the 9th November 2012.
This looks like Hadrian to me

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Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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