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COIN
Unique ID: GLO-FD86E3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A heavily corroded copper alloy Sestertius of Commodus Date 179-192 (Reece 9) Obverse: laureate head right [...] Reverse: No detail remains [...]
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 179
Date to: Circa AD 192
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 12.49 g
Diameter: 28 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st July 2017 - Sunday 1st October 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Commodus
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 9 [180-193]
Obverse description: laureate head right
Obverse inscription: [...]
Reverse description: No detail remains
Reverse inscription: [...]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
District: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Thornbury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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