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COIN
Unique ID: BM-5C552F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A heavily clipped silver siliqua of Arcadius or Hornorius, dating to c. AD 397-402 (Reece Period 21), VIRTVS ROMANORVM. Prototype from mint of Milan. Cf. RIC X, nos. 1227-8.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 397
Date to: Circa AD 402
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.68 g
Diameter: 13 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 2nd August 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: RL 14/0444
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Siliqua
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: House of Theodosius
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 21 [388-402]
Mint or issue place: Mediolanum
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Diademed, draped and cuirassed right
Obverse inscription: [...]-VS P F AVG
Reverse description: Roma seated left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre
Reverse inscription: [...]TVS [...]- MANOR[...]
Reverse mint mark: //[...]
Status: Clipped contemporary copy
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
To be known as: Godmanchester area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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