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Unique ID: CORN-CC3CD5
Object type certainty: Certain
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Copper alloy as of Trajan (AD 98-117), Reece Period 5, dating from AD 98-9, TR POT COS II S / C reverse type depicting Pietas, draped and veiled, standing front, head left, right hand raised above burning altar, left hand on breast, with S and C left and right in field. Mint of Rome.
Cf. BMC III, p.150, pl.25, fig.9, no.724; RIC II, p.273, no.392
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 88
Date to: Exactly AD 89
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 9.85 g
Diameter: 27 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1982 - Friday 31st December 1982
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Trajan
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 5 [96-117]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate head of Trajan facing right
Obverse inscription: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M
Reverse description: Pietas, draped and veiled, standing front, head left, right hand raised above burning altar, left hand on breast
Reverse inscription: [TR POT] COS II S / C
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
4 Figure: TG2303
Four figure Latitude: 52.57905744
Four figure longitude: 1.28990908
1:25K map: TG2303
1:10K map: TG20SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mattingly, H. and Carson, R.A.G. | 1976 | Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum | London | British Museum Press | p.150, pl.25, fig.9 | no.724 | |
Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A. | 1926 | Roman Imperial Coinage: Vespasian to Hadrian | London | Spink and Son Ltd | p.273 | no.392 |