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COIN
Unique ID: SF-ED7D39
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A fragment of a silver denarius of Plautilla, dating to the period AD 202-5 (Reece period 10). VENVS VICTRIX reverse type, depicting Venus, bare to waist, standing left, holding apple and palm and resting left elbow on shield, at her feet left; Cupid. Mint of Rome.
RIC vol.IV, pt.1., no.369
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 202
Date to: Exactly AD 205
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.45 mm
Weight: 0.76 g
Diameter: 15.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st August 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Plautilla
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 10 [193-222]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Draped, bust right
Obverse inscription: PLAVTIL[LA AVGVSTA]
Reverse description: Venus, bare to waist, standing left, holding apple and palm and resting left elbow on shield, at her feet left; Cupid.
Reverse inscription: [VENVS VIC]TRIX
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
- RIC : IV, pt 1 p. 270, no. 369
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Beck Row
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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