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COIN
Unique ID: BM-83B297
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy sestertius of Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-80), dating to AD 161-80 (Reece Period 8), uncertain reverse. Mint of Rome.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 161
Date to: Exactly AD 180
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 25.09 g
Diameter: 29 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 8th September 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Marcus Aurelius (as Augustus)
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 8 [161-180]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate head right
Obverse inscription: M AVREL ANTONIN[...]
Reverse description: Uncertain figure standing left
Reverse inscription: [...] S C
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Great Eversden
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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