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COIN
Unique ID: NLM-B11315
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy coin. Copy Nummus of House of Constantine (306-361), issue of 355-361, Reece period 18.
Obverse description: Blundered bust diademed draped and cuirassed right.
Reverse description: blundered fallen horseman.
Cliff Reeves kindly identified this tiny coin.
Diameter: 8.5mm, Weight: 8.5gms, die axis probably 7.
Class: Copy Nummus of House of Constantine
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 353
Date to: Exactly AD 361
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 8.5 g
Diameter: 8.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 3rd August 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM16089a
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: House of Constantine
Reece period: Period 18 [348-364]
Obverse description: Blundered bust diademed draped and cuirassed right
Reverse description: blundered fallen horseman.
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Fourth Century reverse type: FEL TEMP REPARATIO
Status: Contemporary copy
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Brigsley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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