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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-1A51DC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A sestertius of Marcus Aurelius dating to the period AD 175 (Reece Period 8). IMP VII COS III SC reverse type depicts Anona standing left with a modius at her feet and holding corn ears and a cornucopiae. Mint of Rome.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 175
Date to: Exactly AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 19.98 g
Diameter: 29.96 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 15-595
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 inscription: IMP ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM [TRP XXIX]
Reverse description: Anona standing left with a modius at her feet and holding corn ears and a cornucopiae
Reverse inscription: IMP VII COS III SC
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Amesbury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU1841
Four figure Latitude: 51.16796372
Four figure longitude: -1.7439355
1:25K map: SU1841
1:10K map: SU14SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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