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COIN
Unique ID: BUC-88A798
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A nummus of Valens dating to the period AD 367 to 375. GLORIA ROMANORVM reverse. Aquileia mint. LRBC p. 67, no. 1012 passim.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 367
Date to: Circa AD 375
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.13 g
Diameter: 17.13 mm
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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: Valens
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 19 [364-378]
Mint or issue place: Aquileia
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Obverse inscription: DN VALENS PF AVG
Reverse description: Emperor dragging captive right
Reverse inscription: GLORIA ROMANORVM
Fourth Century reverse type: GLORIA ROMANORVM
Reverse mint mark: -/-//[...]SMAQP[...]
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
To be known as: Quarrendon
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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