NARC-C457E9: NARC-C457E9 : Casting Waste : Uncertain Date

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COIN

Unique ID: NARC-C457E9

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete silver Denarius of the Severan dynasty, probably of Julia Domna suggested date AD 193-222. Reece Period 10. The coin has an irregular flan and is slightly concave-convex, no details can be seen on either side.

Comments by Richard Abdy (Coins and Medals Dept. British Museum) suggest that the coin may have been partially melted or that the coin is a miss-cast copy of a Severn denarius.

Diameter: 8.43mm, Thickness: 2.97mm, Weight: 0.4g.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 193
Date to: Circa AD 222

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.97 mm
Weight: 0.4 g
Diameter: 8.43 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Julia Domna
Primary ruler qualifier: Possibly
Reece period: Period 10 [193-222]
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Illegible
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Contemporary copy (cast)
Status qualifier: Possibly

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
District: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Podington (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP9260
Four figure Latitude: 52.23052327
Four figure longitude: -0.65437736
1:25K map: SP9260
1:10K map: SP96SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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