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Unique ID: BM-52BC7F
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
Copper alloy sestertius of Lucilla, AD 164-169 (Reece Period 8). Reverse: VESTA. Mint of Rome. RIC III, p. 355, no. 1779.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 164
Date to: Exactly AD 169
Quantity: 1
Weight: 19.04 g
Diameter: 30 mm
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Lucilla
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 8 [161-180]
Obverse description: Draped bust right
Obverse inscription: LVCI[LLA AVG AN]TONINI AVG F
Reverse description: Vesta standing left, holding simpulum over altar and palladium
Reverse inscription: [VESTA] S C
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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