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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-DF3E63
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy nummus possibly a copy? reverse unclear but may be Gloria Exercitus, two standards?
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 330
Date to: Circa AD 340
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 0.46 g
Diameter: 10 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 21st May 2011
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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: Uncertain - 4th century
Reece period: Period 17 [330-348]
Obverse description: right facing bust
Reverse description: possibly two soldiers with two standards
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
Parish or ward: West Langton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7192
Four figure Latitude: 52.521263
Four figure longitude: -0.955025
1:25K map: SP7192
1:10K map: SP79SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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