COIN

Unique ID: FAPJW-9F9C51

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A nummus of the House of Valentinian dating to the period AD 364 to 375. SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE reverse type. Mint of Lyon.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 364
Date to: Circa AD 375

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 2.13 g
Diameter: 16 mm
Quantity: 1

Personal details

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Recorded by: Dr Philippa Walton - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Dr Philippa Walton - [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]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4) [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: House of Valentinian [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Reece period: Period 19 [364-378] [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: Lyon (Lugdunum) [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Obverse description: Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Obverse inscription: D[...]

Reverse description: Victory advancing left
Reverse inscription: SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE

Fourth Century reverse type: SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Reverse mintmark: OF/I[...]//LVGP
Status: Regular

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Spatial metadata

Region: East
County: Cambridgeshire
District: South Cambridgeshire
Parish: Whittlesford

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL4546
Four figure Latitude: 52.093352 Four figure longitude: 0.115193
1:25K map: TL4546
1:10K map: TL44NE
WOEID: 28836806
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]

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