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Copper-alloy core of silver denarius of Faustina II
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Lydia Prosser, 2019-02-15 10:06:23
Title
Copper-alloy core of silver denarius of Faustina II
Description
English: Copper-alloy core of a counterfeit silver Roman denarius of Faustina II, dating to 161 - 175 AD. Mint of Rome. Obverse of right-facing draped bust: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA. Reverse of Fecunditas standing left between two children, infants in her arms: FECVNDITAS AVGVSTAE. The coin is 18.24mm in diameter, 2.89mm in thickness and weighs 2.71g.

cf. RIC III (Marcus Aurelius) p. 268, no. 676.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cumbria
Date between 161 and 180
Accession number
FindIdentifier: 940200
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1045903
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1045903/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/940200
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 4 December 2020)
Object location54° 48′ 46.08″ N, 3° 24′ 47.16″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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