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COIN
Unique ID: SUSS-FB8788
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Complete but extremely worn copper-alloy, Roman sestercius of an unknown emperor and date (c. 1st-3rd century AD). Traces of a raised bust remain on the obverse that is facing right; no other details can be discerned from the obverse and reverse.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 14
Date to: Circa AD 293
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.35 mm
Weight: 10.19 g
Diameter: 28.1 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Bust facing right, highly abraded.
Obverse inscription: missing
Reverse inscription: missing
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Horsham (District)
To be known as: Pulborough Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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