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Description: | 270-273AD. Small oval, Romano-British minim-imitation of Roman billon antoninianus or barbarous copy. Length 13.6mm, Width 12.8mm, Thickness 2.1mm, Diameter 13.6mm, Weight 1.3g. Obverse: Crude radiate bust right. Inscription: Illegible. Reverse: Crude,barbarous probable female figure standing left. Inscription: Illegible. Mint name: Britain by provenance. Die axis: 0 deg. or 12 o'clock. Slightly irregular flan and very worn condition. The reverse has been struck off centre. Dark green/brown patina with rusty brown surface deposit probably as a result of water logged soil. Ref. Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2009, page 78-79 No. 749B, Identifying Roman Coins, Richard Reece & Simon James, Seaby 1986, reprint 1994, page 36-37 No. 156 and Roman Coins Found In Britain, Adrian Marsden, Greenlight Publishing 2001, page 88-89.
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