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COIN
Unique ID: BM-822575
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy nummus of Valentinian I (AD 364-75) or Valens (364-78), dating to AD 364-7 (Reece Period 19), SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE, Victory advancing left with wreath and palm. Mint of Aquileia. RIC IX, p. 95, nos. 9a or 9b.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 364
Date to: Exactly AD 367
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.3 g
Diameter: 16 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 14/0630
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]
Mint or issue place: Aquileia
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Diademed, draped and cuirassed right
Obverse inscription: [...]
Reverse description: Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm
Reverse inscription: [SECVRITAS-REI PVBLICAE]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE
Reverse mint mark: A -//[...]
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.
References cited
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