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COIN
Unique ID: WAW-1BE6E8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman coin: copper-alloy (with a silvery surface) radiate of a Postumus dating to 260 and 269 (Reece Period 13). The reverse is not clear. Unknown mint.
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 269
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.75 g
Diameter: 21.79 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th September 2017 - Sunday 10th September 2017
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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: Postumus
Reece period: Period 13 [260-275]
Obverse description: Bust facing right, wearing a radiate crown and is cuirassed.
Obverse inscription: [ ]OSTVM[ ]
Reverse description: The reverse is not clear.
Reverse inscription: Illegible due to corrosion.
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Upper Winchendon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7313
Four figure Latitude: 51.81087761
Four figure longitude: -0.9425205
1:25K map: SP7313
1:10K map: SP71SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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