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COIN
Unique ID: ESS-6342F6
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 43
Date to: AD 269
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 17.29 g
Diameter: 30 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Male bust facing right
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Illegible
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Colchester (District)
To be known as: West Mersea
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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