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Unique ID: BERK-F76AA6
Object type certainty: Certain
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Copper alloy AS of Vespasian AD 69-79 Mint of Lugdunum. Obverse with laureate head right, [globe at neck], reverse with [S-C] Eagle standing on globe, head right. The coin is heavily eroded and no discernible legend remaining. It has a mid-brown patina. Weight = 5.6gm, 25.55mm in diameter. RIC II (2nd ed), p. 147, cf. no 1237 - Reece Period 4
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 69
Date to: Circa AD 79
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.16 mm
Weight: 5.6 g
Diameter: 25.55 mm
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Vespasian
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 4 [69-96]
Mint or issue place: Lugdunum
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: laureate head right, [globe at neck]. [S-C] Eagle standing on globe, head right
Obverse inscription: -
Reverse description: [S-C] Eagle standing on globe, head right
Reverse inscription: S C
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
RIC Identifier: RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Vespasian 147
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SU6579
Four figure Latitude: 51.50620305
Four figure longitude: -1.06485582
1:25K map: SU6579
1:10K map: SU67NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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