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COIN
Unique ID: BUC-18D3FD
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn copper alloy radiate or nummus, probably a barbarous radiate. Reece period: Period 20 [378-388] Obverse description: Radiate bust right. Very spiky diadem! Reverse description: A crudely portrayed standing figure
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 275
Date to: Circa AD 285
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.9 g
Diameter: 17.33 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st October 2017
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Americans nr Thornton etc 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 19
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Radiate or nummus
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Uncertain (AD 260 - 402)
Reece period: Period 20 [378-388]
Obverse description: Radiate bust right. Very spiky diadem!
Reverse description: A crudely portrayed standing figure
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Status: Contemporary copy (Barbarous radiate)
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Thornton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7635
Four figure Latitude: 52.00824003
Four figure longitude: -0.89416746
1:25K map: SP7635
1:10K map: SP73NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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