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COIN
Unique ID: DEV-005883
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper alloy sestertius, probably of Marcus Aurelius as Augustus (161-180 AD) (Reece Period 8) or Commodus (AD 180-92) (Reece Period 9),, uncertain standing figure. Mint of Rome. This is a very tentative identification, but the coin is certainly Antonine and the module suggests a date range of AD 161-92.
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 161
Date to: Circa AD 192
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.12 mm
Weight: 15.46 g
Diameter: 26.57 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st November 2004
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finders Ref 4
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Antonine (uncertain)
Primary ruler qualifier: Possibly
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Unclear head / bust right
Obverse inscription: [ ... ]
Reverse description: Unclear standing female figure
Reverse inscription: [ ... ]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
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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