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COIN
Unique ID: SOM-565815
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy radiate of Tetricus I (AD 271 - 274, Reece Period 13). FIDES MILITVM reverse type, depicting Fides standing left holding two standards. Mint II. cf. Normanby nos. 1506-1509.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 271
Date to: Circa AD 274
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.6 mm
Weight: 1.98 g
Diameter: 16.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st June 2017 - Saturday 14th October 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC Receipt: 019751
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Radiate (antoninianus)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Tetricus I
Reece period: Period 13 [260-275]
Mint or issue place: Mint II, Gaul (Uncertain, France or Germany)
Mint qualifier: Probably
Obverse description: Radiate bust of Tetricus I facing right.
Obverse inscription: illegible
Reverse description: Fides standing left holding 2 standards
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Status: Regular
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: Milborne Port (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST6521
Four figure Latitude: 50.98732991
Four figure longitude: -2.50001617
1:25K map: ST6521
1:10K map: ST62SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bland, R. and Burnett, A. | 1988 | Normanby, Lincolnshire | London | 196 |
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