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COIN
Unique ID: NLM-AB7FCE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver coin. Probably a denarius of an indeterminate Roman ruler, issue of 43-260. Burnt and crumpled with the loss of all features. Though early Roman material appears in the vicinity, the finder credibly suggests an association with Early Anglo-Saxon burials. As other finds suggest the presence of the cremation rite as well as inhumation, the poor condition of the coin might suggest it has passed through the pyre. Suggested date of reuse: Early Medieval, 475-550.
Diameter: 19.5mm, Weight: 2.44gms
Evidence of reuse: Burnt, possibly in pyre
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Exactly AD 260
Period of reuse: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.44 g
Diameter: 19.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 10th March 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM35524
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Probably
Ruler/issuer: Uncertain - 1st-mid 3rd century
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Possibly
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Possibly
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Melton Ross
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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