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COIN
Unique ID: SOMDOR23
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman copper-alloy nummus issued posthumously issued for Constantine I (AD 306-337) during the period AD 337-40. The reverse depicts a quadriga (four-horse chariot). Mint of Trier.
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 337
Date to: Exactly AD 340
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 1998 - Friday 1st January 1999
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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: Constantine I
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 17 [330-348]
Mint or issue place: Trier
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Veiled bust right
Obverse inscription: DIV CONSTANTINVS [PF AVG]
Reverse description: Emperor in quadriga (four horse chariot)
Reverse inscription: No legend
Fourth Century reverse type: Emperor in quadriga r. [DIV CONSTANTINVS PT AVGG]
Reverse mint mark: TRP
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: South Petherton
Spatial coordinates
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 | 68 |
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