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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-3D5189
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Silver denarius of Antoninus Pius, dating to AD 148-149 (Reece Period 17). Reverse: COS IIII, Annona standing left by modius, holding corn-ears and anchor. Mint of Rome. RIC III, p. 47, no. 175.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 148
Date to: Circa AD 149
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.64 mm
Weight: 3.16 g
Diameter: 18.36 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 9th August 2015 - Tuesday 29th December 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Antoninus Pius
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate head right
Obverse inscription: ANTON[INVS AVG PIVS] P P TR P XII
Reverse description: Annona standing left by modius, holding corn-ears and anchor
Reverse inscription: COS IIII
Status: Regular
Coin references
- RIC : III p. 47, no. 175
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Tewkesbury (District)
To be known as: Forest of Dean
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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