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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-8CF945
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Debased billion radiate of the Gallic Empire, probably Victorinus (269-71 AD).
Ruler/issuer: Victorinus
Reece period: Period 13 [260-275]
Obverse description: Draped bearded bust right
Obverse inscription: illegible
Reverse description: Victory, Pax or Salus
Reverse inscription: illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Contemporary copy (Barbarous radiate)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 269
Date to: Circa AD 271
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 2.2 g
Diameter: 14 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 7th October 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 826
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Radiate (antoninianus)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Victorinus
Primary ruler qualifier: Probably
Reece period: Period 13 [260-275]
Obverse description: Draped bearded bust right
Obverse inscription: illegible
Reverse description: Victory, Pax or Salus
Reverse inscription: illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Contemporary copy (Barbarous radiate)
Status qualifier: Probably
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: East Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Swaffham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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