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COIN
Unique ID: FASAM-79F675
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy probable as of Trajan (AD 98-117), dating to AD 103-11 (Reece Period 5), (S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI) S C, Ceres standing left. Mint of Rome. BMC III, cf. no. 921.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 103
Date to: Exactly AD 111
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 10th March 1993
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: TSN Moorhead catalogue number 34
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Probably
Ruler/issuer: Trajan
Reece period: Period 5 [96-117]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Laureate head right
Obverse inscription: [ ]
Reverse description: Ceres standing left holding corn ears over modius and holding vertical sceptre
Reverse inscription: (S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI) S C
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Status: Regular
Coin references
- BMC : III cf. no. 921
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Urchfont (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0355
Four figure Latitude: 51.29412237
Four figure longitude: -1.95835974
1:25K map: SU0355
1:10K map: SU05NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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