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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-8BD398
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper-alloy Roman as of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), dating to the period AD 154-155 (Reece Period 7). BRITAN[NIA] COS IIII, S C reverse type depicting Britannia seated left on a rock. Mint of Rome. Possibly a contemporary copy? cf. RIC III, p. 142, no. 934. This is a Coin of British Association as listed by D. Walker in his study of the Sacred Spring at Bath, cf. Walker, 1988: pp. 294, 297-8, nos. 73-122, 136-288, pls. XXXV-VI.
Notes:
Coin of British Association: Antoninus Britannia
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 154
Date to: Circa AD 155
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 22.82 mm
Width: 22.58 mm
Weight: 6.34 g
Diameter: 22.82 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate bust right
Obverse inscription: [ANTONINVS] AVG-PIVS P P TR P [XVIII]
Reverse description: Britannia seated left on a rock
Reverse inscription: BRITAN[NIA] COS IIII, S C
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
RIC Identifier: RIC III Antoninus Pius 934
Reverse mint mark: -//-
Status: Contemporary copy
Status qualifier: Possibly
Coin references
- RIC : III no. 934
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: East Hampshire (District)
To be known as: Neatham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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