NARC-EFB828: Roman coin: Nummus of the House of Valentinian

Rights Holder: Northamptonshire County Council
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COIN

Unique ID: NARC-EFB828

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

A very worn and incomplete 4th-century copper-alloy Roman nummus, probably of the House of Valentinian

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 364
Date to: Circa AD 378

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 14.9 mm
Width: 13.1 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 0.8 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 23rd September 2005

Personal details

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Finder's reference 3

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: House of Valentinian
Primary ruler qualifier: Probably
Reece period: Period 19 [364-378]
Obverse description: Emperor diademed facing right
Obverse inscription: Illegible

Reverse description: [Possibly] the Emperor with a standard going right dragging a captive
Reverse inscription: [GLORIA ROMANORVM]

Reverse mint mark: Illegible

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Norton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP6164
Four figure Latitude: 52.270781
Four figure longitude: -1.107476
1:25K map: SP6164
1:10K map: SP66SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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