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COIN
Unique ID: BM-52E0B0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy sestertius of Lucius Verus, AD 163-164 (Reece Period 8). Reverse: TR P IIII IMP II COS II, Victory standing right, inscribing shield set on column. Mint of Rome. RIC III, p. 324, no. 1397.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 163
Date to: Exactly AD 164
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 13.31 g
Diameter: 28 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Lucius Verus
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 8 [161-180]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate head right
Obverse inscription: [L AVREL VER]VS AVG [ARMENIACVS]
Reverse description: Victory standing right, fixing to a palm-tree a shield inscribed [VIC AVG]
Reverse inscription: [TR P IIII IMP II COS II S C]
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
- RIC : III 1397
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Stinsford
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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