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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-578582
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A complete contemporary plated copy of a denarius of Nero (AD 54-68), dating to the period c.54-68 (Reece period 4). SALVS (in exergue) reverse type depicting Salus seated left on throne holding patera, left hand resting at her side. Cf. RIC I (2nd ed.), p. 153, no. 60.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 54
Date to: Circa AD 68
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.43 mm
Weight: 2.5 g
Diameter: 19.91 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 15th September 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Nero
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 3 [54-68]
Obverse description: Laureate(?) head right
Obverse inscription: [N]ERO CL[...]
Reverse description: Salus seated left on throne holding patera, left hand resting at her side
Reverse inscription: SALVS (in exergue)
Reverse mint mark: -//-
Status: Contemporary copy (Plated copy)
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Tarring Neville
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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