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COIN
Unique ID: HESH-89963E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A heavily eroded and laminated copper alloy bronze coin - most probably an As of early Roman date (AD 50-250). The identification is based solely on its size thickness and condition. The obverse and reverse faces are completely lost and little or no detail survives.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.5 mm
Width: 17.6 mm
Thickness: 3.7 mm
Weight: 3.46 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hereford Museum Entry Form: HFDMG: 3287
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Probably
Ruler/issuer: Uncertain - 1st-mid 3rd century
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Probably
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Probably
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Shobdon
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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