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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-4657E4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy Sestertius dating to the period c. 43 to 150AD? The coin is extremely worn.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 18.4 g
Diameter: 29 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: Right facing bust, possibly veiled? or wearing a head dress? Four or five raised lines running downwards behind face
Reverse description: Standing figure
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
Parish or ward: Higham on the Hill (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3895
Four figure Latitude: 52.55152502
Four figure longitude: -1.44100408
1:25K map: SP3895
1:10K map: SP39NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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