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Unique ID: SOM-E6E3FE

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Roman copper-alloy nummus of Constantine the Great dating to the period AD 321 to 322 (Reece Period 16). BEATA TRANQVILLITAS reverse type depicting globe on inscribed altar. Mint of London. RIC VII, p111, London 223 ff.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: The Charltons Historical Society
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 321
Date to: Exactly AD 322

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.19 g
Diameter: 18.05 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2006 - Monday 31st December 2007

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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
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 16 [317-330]
Mint or issue place: Londinium
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Helmeted bust facing left.
Obverse inscription: CONSTANT-IN[VS AVG]
Reverse description: Globe atop altar inscribed VO/TIS/ XX.
Reverse inscription: BEATA TRAN-[QVILLITAS]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Fourth Century reverse type: BEATA TRANQVILLITAS
Reverse mint mark: -/-//PLON
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: Charlton Mackrell (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST5227
Four figure Latitude: 51.04033947
Four figure longitude: -2.68600976
1:25K map: ST5227
1:10K map: ST52NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: The Charltons Historical Society
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Recording Institution: SOM
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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