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COIN
Unique ID: HESH-31B58D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A heavily eroded Roman coin most probably a coin from the Diocletian reform coinage (296-310) or a later nummus (330-350). All surfaces of the coin are heavily coroded and eroded - the metal is a mid blight green colour.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 296
Date to: Circa AD 350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.4 mm
Weight: 7.11 g
Diameter: 24.8 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Shropshire Museum Service Object Entry Form: E.00661
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Uncertain - 4th century
Obverse description: Curiassed bust facing right
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Brampton Bryan
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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