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COIN
Unique ID: BM-5B5FD7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A cut copper alloy nummus of the House of Valentinian (AD 364-78), dating to AD 364-78 (Reece Period 19), SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE, Victory advancing left with wreath and palm. Uncertain mint.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 364
Date to: Exactly AD 378
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.09 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Tuesday 31st December 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: RL 13/0407
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: House of Valentinian
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 19 [364-378]
Obverse description: Diademed, draped and cuirassed right
Obverse inscription: D [...]
Reverse description: Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm
Reverse inscription: [SECVRITAS-REI PVBLICAE]
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE
Reverse mint mark: [...]//[...]
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
To be known as: Godmanchester area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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