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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-1319D0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman copper alloy nummus of Divus Constantius, AD 307-308 (Reece Period 15). MEMORIA FELIX reverse. Trier mint. RIC VI, p. 218, no. 789.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Part of an extant museum collection
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 307
Date to: Circa AD 308
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 4 g
Diameter: 23.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2004
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: BOS1853
Museum accession number: X.A119.2008.354.0
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: Constantius I
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 15 [296-317]
Mint or issue place: Trier
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate, veiled bust right.
Obverse inscription: DIVO CONSTANTIO PIO
Reverse description: Lighted and garlanded altar; on either side, eagle.
Reverse inscription: MEMORIA FELIX
Fourth Century reverse type: MEMORIA FELIX
Reverse mint mark: - -//PTR
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
To be known as: Bosworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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