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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-F2A450
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy nummus of Helena (AD 337-340) dating to AD 337-340 (Reece Period 17). Reverse: PAX PUBLICA. Unknown mint.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 337
Date to: Circa AD 340
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.93 g
Diameter: 13 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 C, no. 119
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: Helena
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 17 [330-348]
Obverse description: Draped bust right.
Obverse inscription: [FL IVL HE-LENAE AVG]
Reverse description: Pax standing left, holding branch and transverse sceptre
Reverse inscription: [PAX PV-BLICA]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: PAX PVBLICA [Helena]
Reverse mint mark: - -//ˑ[...]
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
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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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