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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-90D12A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper-alloy Roman as of Antoninus Pius (AD 138 - 161), dating to the period AD 154-155 (Reece period 7). BRITANNIA COS IIII SC reverse type depicting Britannia seated left on a rock. Mint of Rome. Cf. RIC III, p. 142, no. 934. This is a Coin of British Association as listed by D. Walker in his study of the Sacred Spring at Bath, cf. Walker, 1988: pp. 294, 297-8, nos. 73-122, 136-288, pls. XXXV-VI.
Notes:
Coin of British Association: Antoninus Britannia
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 154
Date to: Circa AD 155
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 8.96 g
Diameter: 25.18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 19th February 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 17-455
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Antoninus Pius
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Obverse description: Laureate bust right
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Britannia seated left on a rock
Reverse inscription: [BRITANNIA COS IIII] / SC
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Reverse mint mark: -//-
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
District: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Stagsden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP9648
Four figure Latitude: 52.12198858
Four figure longitude: -0.59922092
1:25K map: SP9648
1:10K map: SP94NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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