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COIN
Unique ID: NMGW3371
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper alloy contemporary copy of a nummus of the House of Constantine (AD 307-361), dating to the period AD 330-335 (Reece Period 17). Wolf and twins [VRBS ROMA] reverse type.Copying mint of Lyon.
Notes:
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This record has been updated to include more specific, searchable identification details. The coin was not photographed, so the update is only based on the original record.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 330
Date to: Circa AD 335
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 1996
Personal details
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMGWPA: 2001.82.15
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: House of Constantine
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 17 [330-348]
Mint or issue place: Lugdunum
Mint qualifier: Certain
Reverse description: Wolf and Twins
Fourth Century reverse type: Wolf and Twins [VRBS ROMA]
Status: Contemporary copy
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
District: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: St. Donats (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SS9169
Four figure Latitude: 51.409513
Four figure longitude: -3.568602
1:25K map: SS9169
1:10K map: SS96NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
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