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COIN
Unique ID: NCL-3AF715
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A commemorative nummus of the House of Constantine dating to AD 336. CONSTANTINOPOLIS type. Mint of Arles. RIC VII, p. 277, no. 401.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 336
Date to: Circa AD 336
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.87 g
Diameter: 19 mm
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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 Constantine
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 17 [330-348]
Mint or issue place: Arelatum
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Helmeted bust left
Obverse inscription: CONSTANTINOPOLIS
Reverse description: Victory on prow
Fourth Century reverse type: Victory left on prow [CONSTANTINOPOLIS]
Reverse mint mark: chi-rho/-//PCONST
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
Parish or ward: Collingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8458
Four figure Latitude: 53.11258
Four figure longitude: -0.746526
1:25K map: SK8458
1:10K map: SK85NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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