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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-6C952E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Sestertius, Faustina II, Reece Pd. 8, 161-75AD, Rome. RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1628 or 1630.
Obverse: [FAVSTINA AVGVSTA]. Bust right.
Reverse: [DIANA LVCIF] S C (RIC III 1628) or [DIANA LVCIFERA] S C (RIC III 1630). Diana standing right, holding lighted transverse torch in both hands.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 161
Date to: Circa AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 17.12 g
Diameter: 28 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 9th March 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 0228
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Faustina II
Primary ruler qualifier: Probably
Reece period: Period 8 [161-180]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Bust right
Obverse inscription: [FAVSTINA AVGVSTA]
Reverse description: Diana standing right, holding lighted transverse torch in both hands
Reverse inscription: [DIANA LVCIF] SC or [DIANA LVCIFERA] SC
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: East Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Swaffham Bulbeck
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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