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COIN
Unique ID: BM-3E05EE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy nummus of Constantius II (AD 323-361), dating to AD 348-350 (Reece Period 18). Reverse: FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Emperor on galley. Mint of Lyon. RIC VIII, p. 182, no. 75; P. Bastien, Le monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon, p. 203, no. 111 (5 specimens recorded).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 348
Date to: Circa AD 350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 5.44 g
Diameter: 22 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. 17
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: Constantius II
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 18 [348-364]
Mint or issue place: Lugdunum
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Obverse inscription: CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG
Reverse description: Emperor standing left on galley, holding phoenix on globe and labarum; Victory steering the ship
Reverse inscription: FEL TEMP-[REPARATIO]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: FEL TEMP REPARATIO
Reverse mint mark: - -//*PLG•
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
- RIC : VIII p. 182, no. 75
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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