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COIN
Unique ID: SOMDOR29
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman copper-alloy nummus of Constans dating from the period AD 343-48 (Reece period 17). VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN reverse type depicting two Victories holding wreaths. Mint of Trier.
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 343
Date to: Exactly AD 348
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: Constans
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 17 [330-348]
Mint or issue place: Trier
Obverse description: Bust right
Obverse inscription: CONSTAN[S PF AVG]
Reverse inscription: VICTORAE DD AV[GGQ NN]
Fourth Century reverse type: VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN
Reverse mint mark: D//TRS
Coin references
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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 | 196 |
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