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COIN
Unique ID: BH-F7E019
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy barbarous radiate, dating to the period AD c. 275-c. 285 (Reece period 14). The coin has adhering iron corrosion or mineralised leather.
Diameter: 10.9 mm; thickness: 2.2 mm. Weight: 1.25 g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 275
Date to: Circa AD 285
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Weight: 1.25 g
Diameter: 10.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd January 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 15/186 - 13
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: Divus Claudius (Barbarous Radiate)
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Obverse description: Radiate head right.
Obverse inscription: [I]MP [...
Reverse description: Barbarous image comprising a series of straight lines with regular arrangement of shorter lines crossing at 90 degrees.
Reverse inscription: No legend; instead, a circumferential ridge crossed at 90 degrees by a regular series of short ridges.
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Heydon
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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