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COIN
Unique ID: HESH-DDB1F3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 103
Date to: AD 111
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 20.3 g
Diameter: 33 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 26th November 2004
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Trajan
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 5 [96-117]
Obverse description: Laurate head right
Obverse inscription: IMP CAES N[ER]VAE TR[AIA]NO AVG GER D[AC PM] TR P COS V PP
Reverse description: Very worn female figure facing with head to left, right arm outstretched holding?
Reverse inscription: Illegible - probably [S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI] S C
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Upton Magna (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ5712
Four figure Latitude: 52.703952
Four figure longitude: -2.637813
1:25K map: SJ5712
1:10K map: SJ51SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A. | 1930 | Roman Imperial Coinage: Antoninus Pius to Commodus | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 277 - 285 |
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