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Unique ID: BM-500778
Object type certainty: Certain
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A copper-alloy Roman sestertius of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161) dating to the period AD 145-161 (Reece period 7). C OS II II reverse type depicting Salus standing left feeding out of patera a snake coiled around an altar to the left, holding a vertical rudder on a globe set on the ground in left hand, S-C in the field. Mint of Rome. As BMC 1660; RIC III no. 762.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 145
Date to: Circa AD 161
Quantity: 1
Weight: 22.93 g
Diameter: 31 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1985
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Antoninus Pius
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate bust right
Obverse inscription: ANTONINVS-AVG PIVS P P TR P
Reverse description: Salus standing left feeding out of patera a snake coiled around an altar to the left, holding a vertical rudder on a globe set on the ground in left hand, S-C in the field
Reverse inscription: C OS II II
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Reverse mint mark: -//-
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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