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COIN
Unique ID: DEV-FEC7A5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Worn and corroded copper alloy sestertius, probably of the Antonine period (c. AD 138-92), with traces of head / bust on obverse, and an unclear standing female on reverse. Mint of Rome. The coin is light due to corrosion and wear.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 138
Date to: Circa AD 192
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.3 mm
Weight: 13.79 g
Diameter: 25.57 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st November 2004
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finders Ref SG 9
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Probably
Ruler/issuer: Antonine (uncertain)
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Traces of head or bust
Obverse inscription: [ ]
Reverse description: Unclear female standing left
Reverse inscription: [ ]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: South Hams (District)
Parish or ward: Stoke Gabriel (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX8656
Four figure Latitude: 50.392797
Four figure longitude: -3.605139
1:25K map: SX8656
1:10K map: SX86NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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