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COIN
Unique ID: NARC-459530
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 352
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.2 mm
Width: 20.5 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 5.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2005
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Magnentius
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 18 [348-364]
Mint or issue place: Trier
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Emperor bareheaded, draped and cuirassed facing right
Obverse inscription: D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG / A (in field)
Reverse description: Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed 'VOT / V / MVLT / X'
Reverse inscription: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAES
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Reverse mint mark: TRP
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: South Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Blisworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7254
Four figure Latitude: 52.179564
Four figure longitude: -0.948425
1:25K map: SP7254
1:10K map: SP75SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A. | 1936 | Roman Imperial Coinage: Augustus to Vitellius | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 163 | 312 |
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