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COIN
Unique ID: FASAM-974BF3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy nummus of Constans (AD 337-50), dating to ad 347-8 (Reece Period 17), VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN, Two Victories. Mint of Trier. RIC VIII, p. 151, cf. no. 185. The mintmark appears to have a leaf in the field.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 347
Date to: Exactly AD 348
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.02 g
Diameter: 14 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st July 2018 - Friday 31st August 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 18
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
Reece period: Period 17 [330-348]
Mint or issue place: Trier
Obverse description: Rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed right
Obverse inscription: CONSTAN - S P F AVG
Reverse description: Two Victories, holding wreaths
Reverse inscription: VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN
Reverse mint mark: (Leaf?) // TRP
Status: Regular
Coin references
- RIC : VIII p. 151, cf. no. 185
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
Parish or ward: Charing (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ9548
Four figure Latitude: 51.19793255
Four figure longitude: 0.78964508
1:25K map: TQ9548
1:10K map: TQ94NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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