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COIN

Unique ID: SOMDOR355

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Roman copper-alloy nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337) as Caesar, dating to AD 307 (Reece period 15). GENIO POPVLI ROMANI reverse type depicting Genius standing left with patera and cornucopia, altar to left. Mint of Lyon.
Mint Mark: /N/PLC
Reference: RIC Vol. VI, No. 211

Notes:

PAL 1070

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 307
Date to: AD 307

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Diameter: 26.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: 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 15 [296-317]
Mint or issue place: Lugdunum
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Obverse inscription: FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB C
Reverse description: Genius standing left with patera and cornucopiae, altar to left
Reverse inscription: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI
Fourth Century reverse type: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI
Reverse mint mark: /N//PLC

Coin references

RIC : VI 211

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: Weymouth and Portland (District)
To be known as: Weymouth

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

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Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 24 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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