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COIN
Unique ID: BM-A7F353
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy nummus of Valens (AD 364-378), dating to AD 364-367 (Reece Period 19). Reverse: SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE. Mint of Arles. LRBC, p. 56, no. 492.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 364
Date to: Circa AD 367
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.13 g
Diameter: 18 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 B, no. 82
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: Valens
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 19 [364-378]
Mint or issue place: Arelatum
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Obverse inscription: D N VALEN-S P F A[VG]
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: OF I/.//CON
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
- LRBC : p. 56, no. 492
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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