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COIN
Unique ID: SOMDOR75
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman copper-alloy contemporary copy of a nummus of the House of Constantine dating from the period c. AD 330-35 (Reece period 17). VRBS ROMA type with the reverse depicting a wolf and twins.
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 330
Date to: Circa AD 335
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 1998 - Friday 1st January 1999
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAL 73
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: House of Constantine
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 17 [330-348]
Obverse description: Helmeted bust left
Obverse inscription: VRBS ROMA
Reverse description: Wolf and twins
Reverse inscription: No legend
Fourth Century reverse type: Wolf and Twins [VRBS ROMA]
Status: Contemporary copy
Status qualifier: Certain
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.
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