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COIN

Unique ID: PUBLIC-8A4642

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A worn and base silver denarius, a plated contemporary copy of a coin of Clodius Albinus as Caesar (AD 193-195), dating to the period AD 194-195 (Reece Period 10). Reverse type: [MINER PACIF COS II], depicting Minerva standing left holding branch, resting left hand on shield on ground, spear leaning on left arm. RIC IV, pt 1, p. 45, cf no. 7. The coin does appear base with only part of the silver-plating / wash surviving.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 194
Date to: Circa AD 197

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.59 g
Diameter: 16.51 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Clodius Albinus
Primary ruler qualifier: Probably
Reece period: Period 10 [193-222]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Bare-headed right
Obverse inscription: [...](PT)-[...]
Reverse description: Minerva standing left holding branch, resting left hand on shield on ground, spear leaning on left arm
Reverse inscription: Probably [MINER PACIF COS II]
Status: Contemporary copy (Plated copy)
Status qualifier: Probably

Coin references

RIC : IV, pt 1 p. 45, cf. no. 7

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: PH

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Archaeological Fieldwalking & Metal-Detecting Survey
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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