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COIN
Unique ID: SUSS-A0A2F1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy, Roman, sestertius of uncertain emperor, probably dating to the 1st-2nd Century AD. (AD.50-200). Both faces are illegible due to corrosion and wear, the edge of the flan is extensively damaged.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 5.97 g
Diameter: 25.75 mm
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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: Uncertain - 1st/2nd Century AD
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: illegible
Reverse description: illegible
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
Parish or ward: Tenterden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ8730
Four figure Latitude: 51.03892387
Four figure longitude: 0.66595086
1:25K map: TQ8730
1:10K map: TQ83SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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