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COIN
Unique ID: ASHM-7475F8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A very small, copper-alloy contemporary copy (barbarous radiate) of a ruler of the Gallic Empire, dating to the period AD 275-285.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Undergoing further examination at a museum
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 275
Date to: Circa AD 285
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 0.5 g
Diameter: 9.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010 - Friday 31st December 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ASHMBD387
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Unspecified ruler (contemporary copy)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Radiate head, right.
Obverse inscription: IT
Reverse description: Stick-like figure, standing left, holding branch or baton aloft in right hand.
Reverse inscription: (retrograde)CA
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Reverse mint mark: -/-//-
Status: Contemporary copy (Barbarous radiate)
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
To be known as: Childrey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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