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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-9744A8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early Roman As or Dupondius of Vespasian dating from c. AD 71
Obv: [IMP CAES VES]PASIANAVG [COS III]
Rev: Illegible
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 71
Date to: Exactly AD 71
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 10.15 g
Diameter: 27 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 9th March 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 0254
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Dupondius or as
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Vespasian
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 4 [69-96]
Obverse description: laureate bust right
Obverse inscription: IMP CAES VESPASIANAVG COS III
Reverse description: Victory?
Reverse inscription: illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
RIC Identifier: RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Vespasian 481
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 Prior
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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