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COIN
Unique ID: HAMP-48A347
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn mid 4th-century copper-alloy Roman nummus of Constans, 'FEL TEMP REPARATIO' (phoenix on rocks), Trier mint (348-50 AD; Reece issue period 18; see R.I.C. 226ff.). This coin has suffered a circumferential crack.
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 348
Date to: AD 350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.25 mm
Width: 17.15 mm
Thickness: 1.6 mm
Weight: 1.68 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 11th March 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E2379; BR15
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Constans
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 18 [348-364]
Mint or issue place: Trier
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Bust pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed facing right
Obverse inscription: D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG
Reverse description: Phoenix standing right on a pile of rocks
Reverse inscription: FEL TE[MP RE]PARATIO
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Reverse mint mark: TR...
Coin references
- RIC : VIII 226ff. (p.154)
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: East Hampshire (District)
Parish or ward: Ropley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6433
Four figure Latitude: 51.092748
Four figure longitude: -1.087497
1:25K map: SU6433
1:10K map: SU63SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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