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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-4E70C4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy silver washed nummus dating to the 4th Century, possibly of Constantine I - the small but unclear bust may represent the dead Constantine in shroud, or alternatively it could be the bust of a female. The reverese is also worn and unclear.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 307
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.45 mm
Weight: 2.1 g
Diameter: 20.48 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2007 - Wednesday 2nd February 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2010.699
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: Possibly
Reece period: Period 17 [330-348]
Obverse description: Bust right
Reverse description: Figure standing
Reverse inscription: [...]N[...]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
To be known as: South Oxfordshire
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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