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COIN
Unique ID: BM-1B8254
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy nummus of Constans (AD 333-50), dating to AD 335-7 (Reece Period 17), GLORIA EXERCITVS, 1 standard. Mint of Trier. RIC VII, p. 223, no. 593.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 335
Date to: Exactly AD 337
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.43 g
Diameter: 16 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014 - Friday 31st October 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: RH 14/0625
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: Constans
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 17 [330-348]
Mint or issue place: Trier
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate, draped and cuirassed seen from rear, right
Obverse inscription: FL IVL CONSTANS NOB CAES
Reverse description: Two soldiers and one standard
Reverse inscription: GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Reverse mint mark: -//.TRP.
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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