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COIN
Unique ID: BM-2A4DE5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy nummus of Constantine II (AD 317-340), dating to c. AD 332 (Reece Period 17). Reverse: GLORIA EXERCITVS, 2 standards. Mint of Lyon. RIC VII, p. 138, no. 254.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 332
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.74 g
Diameter: 15.5 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 D, no. 169
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: Constantine II
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 17 [330-348]
Mint or issue place: Lugdunum
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate and cuirassed bust right
Obverse inscription: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C
Reverse description: Two soldiers and two standards
Reverse inscription: GLOR-[IA EXERC-ITVS]
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: GLORIA EXERCITVS
Reverse mint mark: -//(crescent and dot) PLG
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
- RIC : VII p. 138, no. 254
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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