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Barbarous reverse brockage Coin Type: Billon antoninianus, probably barbarous, probably of Tetricus I, 271-274 CE
Mint and Date: ?
Size and Weight: 17mm x 19mm, 2.2g
Obverse: Incuse of reverse.
Reverse: Laetitia standing left, wreath hanging from right hand in front, left hand behind holding anchor.
LAETITIA AVG N
Ref: None
Provenance: Dug by Stephen Critchley at Shiptonthorpe from sandy soils, hence the dark irony patina, mid 1980s. Bought from him February 2006.
BW Ref: 015 026 073
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