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COIN

Unique ID: CORN-FDF690

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Copper as / brass dupondius of Trajan? (AD 98-117)

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 98
Date to: AD 117

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 6.81 g
Diameter: 25.4 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2004 - Tuesday 31st August 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Dupondius or as
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Trajan
Primary ruler qualifier: Possibly
Reece period: Period 5 [96-117]
Obverse description: head facing right
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: figure standing right?
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Probably

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Lostwithiel

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Found with another Roman copper as of Vespasian
Current location: returned to finder
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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