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COIN
Unique ID: BM-298C7B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy nummus of Maximian (AD 285-310), dating to c. AD 307 (Reece Period 15). Reverse: GENIO POP ROM. Mint of London. RIC VI, p. 129, no. 90.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 307
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.99 g
Diameter: 23 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1995 - Wednesday 31st December 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finders reference: Bag A, no. 40
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: Maximian I
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 15 [296-317]
Mint or issue place: Londinium
Mint qualifier: Probably
Obverse description: Laureate and cuirassed bust right
Obverse inscription: D N MAXIMIANO P [F S AVG]
Reverse description: Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae
Reverse inscription: GENIO-POP ROM
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: GENIO POP ROM
Reverse mint mark: - -//(PLN)
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
- RIC : VI p. 129, no. 90
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: Hertsmere (District)
To be known as: Aldenham region
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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