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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-1E61F5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A Roman copper-alloy as of Diva Faustina I, possibly dating to the period AD 153-155 (Reece period 7). DIVA FAVSTINA obverse depicting a veiled and draped bust of Faustina facing right. AETER-NITAS, S C reverse type depicting Aeternitas standing left, raising right hand and holding box on incense? Mint of Rome. Cf. RIC III, p. 166, no. 1162. This is possibly a Coin of British Association, as Walker, 1988: pp. 295, 298, nos. 289-362.
Notes:
Coin of British Association: Faustina I
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 153
Date to: Circa AD 155
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 8.82 g
Diameter: 25.31 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5121
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Probably
Ruler/issuer: Faustina the Elder
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Draped bust facing right.
Obverse inscription: DIVA [FAVSTINA]
Reverse description: Aeternitas standing left, raising right hand and holding box on incense?
Reverse inscription: AETER-NITAS, S C
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Reverse mint mark: -//-
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
- RIC : III p. 166, no. 1162
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Bowerchalke
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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