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COIN
Unique ID: SF-C288B2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
AE Roman nummus of Constantine I (AD306-37). Struck at Lugdunum in the period AD330-5. Obverse is Laureate with rosettes, cuirassed bust right. Reverse is Gloria Exercitus type with two soldiers standing with two standards between them. As LRBC I, no. 186. Possibly a contemporary copy as the legend on the obverse is squashed around the bust a little and the figures on the reverse are somewhat stylised. Diameter 15.64mm, Thickness 1.39mm. 1.38g.
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 335
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.39 mm
Weight: 1.38 g
Diameter: 15.64 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 24th January 2011
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: WSW 026
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: Certain
Reece period: Period 17 [330-348]
Mint or issue place: Lugdunum
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Obverse is Laureate with rosettes, cuirassed bust right.
Obverse inscription: [ ]NVSMAXAVG
Reverse description: Reverse is Gloria Exercitus type with two soldiers standing with two standards between them.
Reverse inscription: GLOR [ ] ITVS
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: GLORIA EXERCITVS
Reverse mint mark: -// (pellet) PLG
Status: Contemporary copy
Status qualifier: Possibly
Coin references
- LRBC : I 186
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Near Bury St Edmunds
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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