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COIN
Unique ID: NCL-FB95B6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A nummus of Helena dating to the period AD 324 to 38. SECVRITAS REI PVBLICE reverse depicting Securitas standing left holding branch. Trier mint. cf. RIC VII, p. 205, no. 458 for type.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 324
Date to: Circa AD 328
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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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: Helena
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 16 [317-330]
Mint or issue place: Trier
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Draped bust right
Obverse inscription: FL HELENA AVGVSTA
Reverse description: Securitas standing left holding branch pointing down in left hand, raising pallium with left.
Reverse inscription: [SECVRITAS REI PVBLICE]
Fourth Century reverse type: SECVRITAS REI PVBLICE (Helena)
Reverse mint mark: -/-//TRP[...]
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
- RIC : VII p. 205, no. 458
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
District: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Haversham-cum-Little Linford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP8244
Four figure Latitude: 52.088285
Four figure longitude: -0.804617
1:25K map: SP8244
1:10K map: SP84SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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