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COIN
Unique ID: BM-2B10E0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy nummus of Constantius II (AD 323-361), dating to c. AD 333-334 (Reece Period 17). Reverse: GLORIA EXERCITVS, 2 standards. Mint of Arles. RIC VII, p. 274, no. 377.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 333
Date to: Circa AD 334
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.6 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 D, no. 157
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 17 [330-348]
Mint or issue place: Arelatum
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Obverse inscription: FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C
Reverse description: Two soldiers and two standards
Reverse inscription: GLOR-[IA EX]ERC-ITVS
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: GLORIA EXERCITVS
Reverse mint mark: (wreath and dot)//SCONST
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
- RIC : VII p. 274, no. 377
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.
References cited
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