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COIN
Unique ID: BM-89DC59
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy nummus of Constantine II (AD 317-40), dating to c. AD 337-40 (Reece Period 17), GLORIA EXERCITVS, 1 standard. Possibly mint of Lyon. Possibly RIC VIII, p. 178, nos. 6-7.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 337
Date to: Circa AD 340
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.1 g
Diameter: 13 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Tuesday 31st December 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: RH 13/0533
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: Constantine II
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 17 [330-348]
Mint or issue place: Lugdunum
Mint qualifier: Probably
Obverse description: Diademed, draped and cuirassed right
Obverse inscription: CONSTANTI-[NVS MAX AVG]
Reverse description: Two soldiers and one standard
Reverse inscription: [GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: GLORIA EXERCITVS
Reverse mint mark: (Chi-Rho)//[...]
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.
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