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COIN
Unique ID: CORN-4EA813
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete copper alloy Roman sestertius, c.AD 41-260, with head facing right on obverse but much of the original surface of the reverse is missing and too corroded and pitted to make out any detail.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 41
Date to: Exactly AD 260
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 12.37 g
Diameter: 32 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 19th January 2015 - Monday 19th January 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Uncertain - 1st-mid 3rd century
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: head facing right
Obverse inscription: illegible and missing
Reverse description: too corroded to make out any detail
Reverse inscription: illegible and missing
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
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: Penzance (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW4628
Four figure Latitude: 50.09766538
Four figure longitude: -5.55300716
1:25K map: SW4628
1:10K map: SW48SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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