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COIN
Unique ID: BM-6BD795
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy nummus of Magnentius or Decentius (AD 350-3), dating to AD 353 (Reece Period 18), SALVIS DD NN AVG ET CAES, Chi-Rho. Uncertain mint.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 353
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.31 g
Diameter: 21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014 - Friday 31st October 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: RH 14/0835
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Magnentius or Decentius
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 18 [348-364]
Obverse description: Bust right
Obverse inscription: [...]
Reverse description: Chi-Rho between alpha and omega
Reverse inscription: [SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAE(S)]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES
Reverse mint mark: //[...]
Status: Regular
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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