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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-B12B52
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Roman copper alloy nummus of Constans (AD 333-350). FEL TEMP REPARATIO Phoenix on mound reverse type. Dimensions: diameter 19mm; weight 1.97g
This object is part of a much larger collection that was found over twenty-five years of fieldwalking over the same site.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 333
Date to: AD 350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.97 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1978 - Thursday 1st January 2004
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Cashmore No. 441
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Ruler/issuer: Constans
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 18 [348-364]
Obverse description: Diademed and draped, bust right
Obverse inscription: DN CONSTA-NS PF AVG
Reverse description: Phoenix standing on rocky mound
Reverse inscription: FEL TEMP REPARATIO
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Fourth Century reverse type: FEL TEMP REPARATIO
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
To be known as: Chipping Norton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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