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Unique ID: CORN-3CB697
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy as of Hadrian (AD 117-138), Reece period 6, with laureate bust facing right on obverse and what appears to be a bust of Hadrian on reverse with a rectangular collar, but the coin is too corroded and incomplete to be sure.
Cf. BMC III, p.529, pl.97, fig.11, no.1837
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 117
Date to: Circa AD 138
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 4.09 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 15th August 2017 - Tuesday 15th August 2017
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Recorded by: Ms Anna Tyacke
Identified by: Ms Anna Tyacke
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Hadrian
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 6 [117-138]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: laureate bust facing right
Obverse inscription: missing
Reverse description: laureate bust facing right with square edge to collar of cuirass
Reverse inscription: missing
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
4 Figure: SW3834
Four figure Latitude: 50.14804207
Four figure longitude: -5.66875107
1:25K map: SW3834
1:10K map: SW34NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Find number: CORN-A16121
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: ROMAN
Copper alloy sestertius of Hadrian (AD 117-138), Reece period 6, head facing right on obverse, central standing figure on reverse.
Cf. BMC…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: CORN-6D5E36
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: ROMAN
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Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: CORN-873025
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: ROMAN
Copper alloy as of Hadrian (AD 117-138), Reece period 6, depicting the bare bust of Hadrian encircled within a ring of pellets on the obverse…
Workflow: Awaiting validation