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COIN
Unique ID: SF-602621
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Constantine I, c.318-320 AD. Reverse: VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC P[], Two victories holding a wreath inscribed VOT/P R, an altar between them. Possibly a contemporary copy.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 318
Date to: Circa AD 320
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.91 g
Diameter: 16.92 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2010
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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]
Obverse description: Laureate, helmeted and cuirassed bust right
Obverse inscription: IMP CONSTA-NTINVS AVG
Reverse description: Two victories holding a wreath inscribed VOT/P R, an altar between them
Reverse inscription: VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC P[]
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP (or variant)
Reverse mint mark: []//[S? T?]
Status: Contemporary copy
Status qualifier: Possibly
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Near Bury St Edmunds
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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