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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-3F2442
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy copy of a nummus of the House of Constantine, copying FEL TEMP REPARATION (soldier spearing fallen barbarian), AD 355-61.
Diameter: 15.0mm, thickness: 2.0mm, weight: 1.73g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 355
Date to: Exactly AD 361
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1.73 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st September 2013
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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: House of Constantine
Reece period: Period 18 [348-364]
Obverse description: Laureate bust right
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Crude imitation of soldier spearing fallen barbarian
Reverse inscription: Blundered FEL TEMP REPARATIO
Fourth Century reverse type: FEL TEMP REPARATIO
Status: Contemporary copy
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Foxham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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