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COIN

Unique ID: BERK-76BB8A

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper alloy nummus of Fausta, dating to AD 326 (Reece Period 16), SPES REI PVBLICAE, Empress standing facing, holding two children. Mint of Ticinum. RIC VII, p. 387, no. 203.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 326
Date to: Exactly AD 326

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.08 g
Diameter: 19.7 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 6th December 2020

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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: Fausta
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 16 [317-330]
Mint or issue place: Ticinum
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Bare-head right, with mantle and wavy hair
Obverse inscription: FLAV MAX - FAVSTA AVG
Reverse description: Empress, veiled, draped, standing front, head left, holding two children in her arms
Reverse inscription: SPES REI - PVBLICAE
Fourth Century reverse type: SPES REI PVBLICAE (Fausta)
Reverse mint mark: - // S◡T
Status: Contemporary copy
Status qualifier: Certain

Coin references

RIC : VII p. 387, no. 203

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Waterperry with Thomley (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP6209
Four figure Latitude: 51.77624403
Four figure longitude: -1.10276892
1:25K map: SP6209
1:10K map: SP60NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 3 years ago
Updated: 2 years ago

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