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COIN
Unique ID: BM-4E3E16
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A silver Roman denarius of Septimius Severus (AD 193-211) dating to the period c. AD 196-197 (Reece period 10). LIBERAL IT AS AVG II reverse type depicting Liberalitas standing front head left, holding abacus and cornucopiae. Mint of Rome. As BMC no. 166; RIC IV.1 p. 101, no. 81a.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 196
Date to: Circa AD 197
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.16 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1985
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Septimius Severus
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 10 [193-222]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate head right
Obverse inscription: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII
Reverse description: Liberalitas standing front head left, holding abacus and cornucopiae
Reverse inscription: LIBERAL IT AS AVG II
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Reverse mint mark: -//-
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Fenland (District)
To be known as: Stonea Grange
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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