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COIN
Unique ID: WMID9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Notes:
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Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 347
Date to: AD 348
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 1940 - Thursday 31st December 1959
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Ruler/issuer: Constantius II
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Mint or issue place: Alexandria, Egypt
Obverse description: Male Emperor pearl-diademed bust.
Obverse inscription: D N CONSTAN - TIVS P F AVG
Reverse description: Four lines of lettering in a laurel wreath.
Reverse inscription: VOT / XX / MVLT / XXX
Reverse mint mark: SMALA
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Wyre Forest (District)
To be known as: HEREFORD AND WORCESTER KIDDERMINSTER
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Other chance find
Discovery circumstances: A School Teacher confiscated these finds off children in the c. 1940-1950s. Obtain findspots at the time of confiscation. The finds have since been forgotten in the teachers garage, until he saw the Finds Identification Day being advertised.
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Unknown
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 | 541, No. 33 |
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