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COIN
Unique ID: WAW-2D39A2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman coin: x2 copper alloy radiates of an unknown Emperor (Reece period unknown) minted in an illegible mint between 260 and 296. Possibly contemporary copies.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 260
Date to: Exactly AD 296
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2017 - Thursday 13th July 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Radiate (antoninianus)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Radiate, Uncertain Ruler 260-296
Obverse description: Bust facing right wearing a radiate crown.
Obverse inscription: Illegible due to wear and corrosion.
Reverse description: The design is not clear.
Reverse inscription: Illegible due to wear and corrosion.
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Contemporary copy (Barbarous radiate)
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
Parish or ward: Earl's Croome (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8742
Four figure Latitude: 52.07620688
Four figure longitude: -2.19109492
1:25K map: SO8742
1:10K map: SO84SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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