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COIN
Unique ID: HAMP-BD9893
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A very worn and corroded mid 4th-century copper-alloy Roman nummus of Magnentius, 'GLORIA ROMANORUM' (horseman), Aquileia mint (350-351 AD; Reece issue period 18; R.I.C. 160-162)
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 350
Date to: AD 351
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.4 mm
Width: 23 mm
Thickness: 1.65 mm
Weight: 3.99 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st September 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E2754
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Magnentius
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 18 [348-364]
Mint or issue place: Aquileia
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Bare-headed bust, draped and cuirassed, facing right [with 'A' behind head]?
Obverse inscription: D N MAGNE...
Reverse description: Emperor spearing fallen horseman
Reverse inscription: GLORIA ROMANORVM
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Reverse mint mark: ?//(Branch)AQS[Branch]
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Corhampton and Meontoke CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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