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COIN
Unique ID: NCL-BC1653
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Nummus of the House of Valentinian, 364-378.
GLORIA ROMANORVM reverse type.
Notes:
These coins were found alongside a large quantity of other coins from a relatively small area, though it is not considered a hoard.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 364
Date to: Exactly AD 378
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.98 mm
Weight: 1.1 g
Diameter: 16.52 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 8th October 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: House of Valentinian
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 19 [364-378]
Obverse description: Bust, right.
Reverse description: Emperor, right. holding a labrarum.
Reverse inscription: [GLORIA ROMANORVM]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Fourth Century reverse type: GLORIA ROMANORVM
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Middleton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9348
Four figure Latitude: 53.919802
Four figure longitude: -0.585431
1:25K map: SE9348
1:10K map: SE94NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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