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COIN
Unique ID: WAW-5DEDC5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman coin: A copper-alloy sesterius, dupondius or as dating to the first to mid third centuries. Unknown Reece period. The reverse type is illegible. Probably mint of Rome.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly 23 BC
Date to: Exactly AD 250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.09 g
Diameter: 23.66 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st August 2018 - Monday 5th November 2018
Personal details
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Dupondius or as
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Uncertain - 1st-mid 3rd century
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Probably
Obverse description: Bust facing right, but no details are visible due to corrosion and wear.
Obverse inscription: Illegible due to corrosion and wear.
Reverse description: The reverse is not clear due to corrosion and wear.
Reverse inscription: Illegible due to corrosion and wear.
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
Parish or ward: Shrawley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8065
Four figure Latitude: 52.28277373
Four figure longitude: -2.2945942
1:25K map: SO8065
1:10K map: SO86NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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