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COIN
Unique ID: YORYM-E7F712
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy nummus of Helena, dating to AD 324-5 (Reece Period 16), SECVRITAS REI PVBLICE, Securitas standing left, holding branch. Mint of Lyon, RIC, VII, p137, no. 234.
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 324
Date to: Circa AD 325
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 1.9 g
Diameter: 19.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2008
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Helena
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 16 [317-330]
Mint or issue place: Lugdunum
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Female bust right
Obverse inscription: FL HELENA AVGVSTA
Reverse description: Pax standing left holding a branch
Reverse inscription: SECVRITAS REI PVBLICE
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Fourth Century reverse type: SECVRITAS REI PVBLICE (Helena)
Reverse mint mark: -//PLG
Coin references
- RIC : VII p137, no. 234
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Fridaythorpe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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