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COIN
Unique ID: BM-D6E58D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A worn copper-alloy Roman as or dupondius of Vespasian (AD 69-79), dating to the period AD 69-79 (Reece period 4). Reverse type is illegible.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 69
Date to: Circa AD 79
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 7.32 g
Diameter: 25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 23rd September 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Q3E 16/0942
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Dupondius or as
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Vespasian
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 4 [69-96]
Obverse description: Laureate(?) bust right
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Illegible
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
To be known as: Near Sawtry
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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