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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-B439E8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman copper alloy nummus of Valens dating to the period AD 367-375 (Reece Period 19). SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE reverse type depicting Victory advancing left
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 367
Date to: AD 375
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 2.35 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st May 1998
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 366
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Ruler/issuer: Valens
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 19 [364-378]
Obverse description: right facing diademed bust
Obverse inscription: [DNVALENSPFAVG]
Reverse description: victory adv. left
Reverse inscription: [SECVRITASREIPVBLICAE]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Reverse mint mark: OF II//[]
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Charnwood (District)
Parish or ward: Barkby Thorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6308
Four figure Latitude: 52.666063
Four figure longitude: -1.069872
1:25K map: SK6308
1:10K map: SK60NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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