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Description: | 270-273AD. Romano-British, copper alloy, minim, barbarous radiate imitation of billon antoninianus. Length 13.4mm, Width 12.1mm, Thickness 1.6mm, Diameter 13.4mm, Weight 0.6g. Obverse: Draped, radiate bust right. Inscription: Illegible. Reverse: Possible standing figure. Inscription: Illegible. Mint name: Britain by provanance. Die Axis: 0 deg. or 12 o'clock. Rather worn with dark brown patina but rusty orange/brown stained deposits - probably as a result of water logged soil conditions. The edge of the coin has been nibbled down by corrosion. Ref. Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2009, page 79 No. 749B & 749C, Identifying Roman Coins, Richard reece & Simon James, Seaby 1986, page 36-37 No. 155 & 156 and Roman Coins found in Britain, Adrian Marsden, Greenlight Publishing 2001, page 88-89, Fig. 373 & 374.
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