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COIN

Unique ID: SUR-3D0D68

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A worn coper-alloy Roman as of Hadrian (AD 117-138), dating to the period AD 119 (Reece period 6). PONT MAX TR POT COS III SC / BRITANNIA reverse type depicting Britannia seated left on a rock, resting head on right hand, holding sceptre. Mint of Rome. As RIC II, p. 412, no. 577. This is a Coin of British Association, as examples from the Sacred Spring at Bath, Walker, 1988: p. 291, nos. 1-39, pl. XXXI.

Notes:

Coin of British Association: Hadrian Britannia

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 119
Date to: Circa AD 119

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.61 g
Diameter: 22.69 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: B15-520

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Hadrian
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 6 [117-138]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Laureate bust facing right
Obverse inscription: [IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG]
Reverse description: Britannia seated left on a rock, resting head on right hand, holding sceptre, shield to right
Reverse inscription: [PONT MAX TR POT COS III] SC [BRITANNIA in exergue]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
RIC Identifier: RIC II Hadrian 577A
Reverse mint mark: -//-
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Thatcham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU5165
Four figure Latitude: 51.38176577
Four figure longitude: -1.26856414
1:25K map: SU5165
1:10K map: SU56NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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