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COIN
Unique ID: SF-BE4E74
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy contemporary copy of a Roman radiate (Barbarous radiate), copying a coin of Postumus (AD 260-269), dating to the period AD 275-285 (Reece Period 14). Reverse type uncertain, depicting a temple. Mint uncertain.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
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
Weight: 1.02 g
Diameter: 17.48 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th June 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: RLM 081
Other reference: Finders reference SS14-181
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: Radiate (Barbarous)
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Obverse description: Radiate head right
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Temple with uncertain figure inside
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Reverse mint mark: []//[]
Status: Contemporary copy (Barbarous radiate)
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Rendlesham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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