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COIN
Unique ID: KENT-904E25
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A Roman Provincial silver coin struck at Antioch for Trajan Decius (AD 249-51), reverse showing eagle standing right. R. McAlee, The Coins of Roman Antioch, p. 366, no. 1113
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Period from: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Period to: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Date from: Circa AD 249
Date to: Circa AD 251
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 12.8 g
Diameter: 27.2 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Tetradrachm view all attributed records
Ruler/issuer: Trajan Decius
Mint or issue place: Antioch
Obverse description: Laureate, draped and cuirassed right; four dots below bust
Obverse inscription: AYT K Γ ME KY ΔEKIOC TPAIANOC CEB
Reverse description: Eagle standing right on palm branch, holding wreath in beak
Reverse inscription: ΔHMAPX EΞOVCIAC; S C in exergue
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dartford (District)
Parish or ward: Darenth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ5671
Four figure Latitude: 51.41655723
Four figure longitude: 0.24200354
1:25K map: TQ5671
1:10K map: TQ57SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard McAlee | 2007 | The Coins of Roman Antioch | London | Classical Numismatic Group | p. 366 | 1113 |
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