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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-A01551
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete silver Roman denarius of Nero (AD 54-68), dating to the period AD 65 to 66 (Reece period 3). SALVS reverse type depicting Salus seated left holding patera. Mint of Rome. RIC I, p.153, no. 60.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 65
Date to: Circa AD 66
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 3 g
Diameter: 18.7 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2016.675
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Nero
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 3 [54-68]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate bust right
Obverse inscription: (NE)RO CAESAR AVGVSTVS
Reverse description: Salus seated left
Reverse inscription: SALVS (in exergue)
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
Parish or ward: Mixbury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP6031
Four figure Latitude: 51.97423826
Four figure longitude: -1.12793684
1:25K map: SP6031
1:10K map: SP63SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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