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Unique ID: NMS-ABBA51
Object type certainty: Certain
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Chopped portion of a copper alloy as or dupondius of Maximinus I (AD 235-8), dating to AD 236 (Reece Period 11). Mint of Rome. RIC IV, pt 2, p. 145, cf. nos. 68-69; BMC VI, p. 231, cf. nos. 110-111.
Obverse: [...]INVS PIVS AVG, bust right
Reverse: V[...], Victory advancing right
Weight 4.26g, AD235-8.
The coin has clearly been deeply bitten by a blow from a chisel and then snapped. Whilst this might have been done in order to furnish a fractional coin, it is far more likely that it represents evidence for melting down cut aes (large bronze denominations) in order to produce the so-called barbarous radiates of the 270s and early 280s. A number of sites have produced similar evidence. Those from Norfolk have been published - see Adrian Marsden (2012), 'Irregular Radiate Production in 3rd-Century Norfolk: An Overview' in Norfolk Archaeology XLVI, pp. 370-82
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 236
Date to: Exactly AD 236
Quantity: 1
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 11th February 2015 - Wednesday 11th March 2015
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SMR reference number: 60390
Other reference: AMD032015
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Dupondius or as
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Maximinus
Reece period: Period 11 [222-238]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: [Laureate or radiate, draped and cuirassed right, seen from behind]
Obverse inscription: [IMP MAXIM]INVS PIVS AVG
Reverse description: VIctory advancing right, [holding wreath and palm]
Reverse inscription: V[ICTORIA AVG, S C]
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Status: Regular
4 Figure: TG3204
Four figure Latitude: 52.58426982
Four figure longitude: 1.42319051
1:25K map: TG3204
1:10K map: TG30SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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