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Unique ID: NCL-7C1717
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver denarius of Septimius Severus dating to AD 197 (Reece period 10). LIBERO PATRI reverse type depicting Bacchus or Liber standing front, head left, right hand on head, holding thyrsus in left hand; at feet, left, leopard. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, Pt I, p. 103, no. 99.
Notes:
SF 654
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 197
Date to: AD 197
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.7 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 1994 - Friday 1st December 1995
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Septimius Severus
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 10 [193-222]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Laureate head right
Obverse inscription: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIIII
Reverse description: Bacchus or Liber standing front, head left, right hand on head, holding thyrsus in left hand; at feet, leopard
Reverse inscription: [L]IBERO [PATRI]
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
No coin references available.
4 Figure: NZ2115
Four figure Latitude: 54.529849
Four figure longitude: -1.677018
1:25K map: NZ2115
1:10K map: NZ21NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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