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COIN
Unique ID: BUC-DFC264
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337), dating to the period AD 324 to 325 (Reece Period 16). PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with two turrets and star above. Mint of London. RIC VII, p. 116, no. 293.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 324
Date to: Exactly AD 325
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.07 g
Diameter: 20.22 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2000
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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: Constantine I
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 16 [317-330]
Mint or issue place: Londinium
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate head right
Obverse inscription: CONSTAN - TINVS AVG
Reverse description: Camp gate with two turrets; star above.
Reverse inscription: PROVIDENTIAE AVGG
Fourth Century reverse type: PROVIDENTIAE AVGG
Reverse mint mark: -/-//PLON
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
- RIC : VII p. 116, no. 293
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
To be known as: Putlowes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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