Rights Holder: Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
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Unique ID: WILT-18C8F2
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Roman nummus of Maximian Herculius (AD 286-310), 25-26mm in diameter and weighing 8.24g. There is slight wear and corrosion. Obverse: Bust laureate, in imperial mantle right D N MAXIMIANO FELICISSIM[O SEN AVG] Reverse: Providentia standing right extending right hand to Quies standing left PROVIDENTIA DEORVM] QVIES AVGG S F//[...]. Uncertain mint. AD 305-7.
Notes:
There does appear to be an unclear officinal letter below the F in the reverse field.
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 305
Date to: Exactly AD 307
Quantity: 1
Weight: 8.24 g
Diameter: 26 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 2009
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Maximian I
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 15 [296-317]
Obverse description: Bust laureate, in imperial mantle right, with mappa and olive-branch
Obverse inscription: D N MAXIMIANO FELICISSIM[O SEN AVG]
Reverse description: Providentia standing right extending right hand to Quies standing left
Reverse inscription: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM] QVIES AVGG
Fourth Century reverse type: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG
Reverse mint mark: S F//[...]
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SU1953
Four figure Latitude: 51.275833
Four figure longitude: -1.729001
1:25K map: SU1953
1:10K map: SU15SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A. | 1936 | Roman Imperial Coinage: Augustus to Vitellius | London | Spink and Son Ltd | p.670 | c.f. no. 58b |