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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-A31D69
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Roman nummus of Magnentius, dating to the period AD 352-353 (Reece Period 18). SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES reverse type depicting a Chi-Rho. Uncertain mint.
his coin is a 'minim'. It has a very small flan and only the top of the Chi and the top right of the Rho are visible. It has probably been cut down, either from an officially issued coin or a contemporary copy. Quite significant numbers of cut-down nummi of Magnentius are found in Britain (eg. S Moorhead, A History of Roman Coinage in Britain, p. 193, Fig. 50; G Boon, 'Counterfeit coins in Roman Britain', in Casey and Reece, Coins and the Archaeologist, plate VIII, nos. 148-9). Later coins are also sometimes cut down, so it is quite possible that the practice continued to end of the Fourth Century (see Boon, ibid, p. 145) and the British Museum has acquired a number from a site in Lincolnshire.
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Evidence of reuse: Cut-out
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 352
Date to: Exactly AD 353
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.82 g
Diameter: 9.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 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: Magnentius
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 18 [348-364]
Obverse description: Indiscernible.
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Large Chi-Rho between alpha and omega (only the top of the Chi and the top right of the Rho are visible).
Reverse inscription: [SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES]
Fourth Century reverse type: SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: West Lindsey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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