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COIN
Unique ID: SF-9AAB53
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Helena, c.337-340 AD. Reverse: []-XPV-BLICA, Pax standing left holding branch and transverse sceptre. Uncertain mint.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 337
Date to: Circa AD 340
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.55 g
Diameter: 13.67 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: WSW 026
Other reference: Finder's ref.: 250211: 31
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: Helena
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 17 [330-348]
Obverse description: Draped bust right
Obverse inscription: []-LENAE AVG
Reverse description: Pax standing left holding branch and transverse sceptre
Reverse inscription: []-XPV-BLICA
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: PAX PVBLICA [Helena]
Reverse mint mark: []//[]
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
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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: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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