COIN
Unique ID: NARC-B82DC7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
A heavily corroded copper alloy late Roman nummus. The coin is covered in green corrosion product, and as such no detail is discernible. Nonetheless, its size and material date it to the 4th century AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 300
Date to: AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Thickness: 1.6 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
Diameter: 13.7 mm
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 2nd March 2007
Personal details
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Recorded by: Dr Steven
Ashby
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Identified by: Dr Steven
Ashby - [view all attributed records]
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4) [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Uncertain - 4th century [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse inscription: Illegible
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands
County: Northamptonshire
District: Northampton
Parish: Rothersthorpe
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP4725
Four figure Latitude: 51.921546 Four figure longitude: -1.317991
1:25K map: SP4725
1:10K map: SP42NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Adjacent Domesday Book places
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References cited
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Audit data
Created:
Tuesday 10th April 2007
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
