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Unique ID: DUR-3DFFD9
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete copper-alloy Roman plated or very base denarius copying a coin of Plautilla (AD 202-205) under Caracalla, dating to the period c.AD 202-205 (Reece Period 10). CONCORD[IAE AETERNAE] reverse type depicting Caracalla and Plautilla standing clasping hands. Copying a prototype of the mint of Rome, cf. RIC IV, pt 1, p. 269, no. 361.
Length: 13.61mm, Width: 11.46mm, Thickness: 1.78mm, Weight: 1.0g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 202
Date to: Circa AD 205
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.61 mm
Width: 11.46 mm
Thickness: 1.78 mm
Weight: 1 g
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Plautilla
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 10 [193-222]
Obverse description: Draped bust right
Obverse inscription: [PLAVTILLA]-AVGVSTAE
Reverse description: Caracalla and Plautilla standing clasping hands
Reverse inscription: CONCORD[IAE-AETERNA]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Reverse mint mark: -//-
Status: Contemporary copy (Core of plated copy)
Status qualifier: Certain
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SE2288
Four figure Latitude: 54.28716082
Four figure longitude: -1.66355705
1:25K map: SE2288
1:10K map: SE28NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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