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Unique ID: WMID-A0F097
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Coper-alloy nummus of Constantine II as Caesar (AD 317-337), dating to AD 324-5 (Reece Period 16), PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with two turrets and star above. Mint of London. RIC VII, p. 116, no. 296.
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 324
Date to: AD 325
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.2 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 1994
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Constantine II
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 16 [317-330]
Mint or issue place: Londinium
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate, draped and cuirassed right, seen from behind
Obverse inscription: CONSTANTINVS IVN N[OB C]
Reverse description: Camp gate with two turrets
Reverse inscription: PROVIDEN[TIAE CAESS]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Fourth Century reverse type: PROVIDENTIAE CAESS
Reverse mint mark: -/-// PLON
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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