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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-EBAC6E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper alloy barbarous radiate copying Claudius II Gothicus (AD268-270), c. AD 275-285 (Reece Period 14). This coin imitates Claudius' FELICITAS AVG type (Cunetio, p. 135, no. 2034ff.)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 275
Date to: Circa AD 285
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 24th August 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2015.040.01
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Radiate (antoninianus)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Radiate (Barbarous)
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Obverse description: Radiate bust right
Obverse inscription: [...]
Reverse description: Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae
Reverse inscription: FEL[...]G
Status: Contemporary copy (Barbarous radiate)
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: Three Rivers (District)
To be known as: Three Rivers
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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