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COIN
Unique ID: ESS-12B517
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn copper-alloy as or dupondis possibly of Faustinia the Elder (AD141-60)
Both surfaces are worn and badly corroded.
The coin is 29.4mm in diameter, 3.5mm thick and weighs 16.17g.
Reece period 7.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 141
Date to: Circa AD 160
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 16.17 g
Diameter: 29.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd September 2018
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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: Possibly
Ruler/issuer: Faustina the Elder
Primary ruler qualifier: Possibly
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Obverse description: Bare-headed bust right.
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Illegible
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Braintree (District)
Parish or ward: Feering (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL8720
Four figure Latitude: 51.84727133
Four figure longitude: 0.71346644
1:25K map: TL8720
1:10K map: TL82SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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