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COIN
Unique ID: BH-811EE7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper-alloy sestertius of Lucilla under Marcus Aurelius dating to the period AD 161 to 168 (Reece period 8). HILARITAS S C reverse type depicting Hilaritas standing left with palm branch and cornucopiae. Mint of Rome. RIC III, p. 353, no. 1742.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 161
Date to: Circa AD 168
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 19.72 g
Diameter: 30 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st November 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Lucilla
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 8 [161-180]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Bust right
Obverse inscription: LVCILLAE A[...]
Reverse description: Hilaritas left holding palm branch and cornucopiae
Reverse inscription: [...] S C
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Steeple Morden (Civil Parish)
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