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COIN
Unique ID: BUC-965C37
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A clipped silver siliqua of Flavius Victor dating to the period AD 387 to 388. VIRTVS ROMANORVM reverse. Milan mint. cf Hoxne, p. 143, no. 554ff; RIC IX, p. 80, no. 19b.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Retained By Finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 387
Date to: AD 388
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.87 g
Diameter: 13.88 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st December 2008
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Siliqua
Ruler/issuer: Flavius Victor
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 20 [378-388]
Mint or issue place: Mediolanum
Mint qualifier: Probably
Obverse description: Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed emperor right
Obverse inscription: DN FL VICTOR PF AVG
Reverse description: Roma seated facing, head left, on throne, holding globe and reversed spear.
Reverse inscription: VIRTVS ROMANORVM
Reverse mint mark: -/-//[MDPS]
Status: Clipped
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
- RIC : IX p. 80, no. 19b
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
To be known as: Fleet Marston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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