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COIN
Unique ID: ESS-2C4213
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 183
Date to: AD 184
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.43 g
Diameter: 17.34 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 2004
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ID 3626
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Commodus
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 9 [180-193]
Obverse description: Laureate bust facing right
Obverse inscription: COMMANT AVG P[BRIT]
Reverse description: Annona, draped, standing front with head left, holding statuette of Concordia on right hand and cornucopia in left hand. In field to the left is a modius and corn ears, right is the prow of a ship.
Reverse inscription: [TRP VIIII IMP VI COS IIII PP] ANN in exergue
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Maldon (District)
Parish or ward: Maldon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL8409
Four figure Latitude: 51.749474
Four figure longitude: 0.664132
1:25K map: TL8409
1:10K map: TL80NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattingly, H. and Carson, R.A.G. | 1976 | Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum | London | British Museum Press | 125 or 134 |
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