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COIN
Unique ID: SF-E48E77
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy nummus of Constantine I, posthumous issue, dating to AD 337-340 (Reece period 17). DIV CONSTAN-TINVS PT AVGG obverse, depicting the Emperor riding to heaven in quadriga right, being received by the hand of god on the reverse. Minted in Trier.
LRBC 5, no.114.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 337
Date to: Exactly AD 340
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.69 mm
Weight: 1.33 g
Diameter: 15.23 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st September 2015
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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: House of Constantine
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Veiled head of emperor right
Obverse inscription: DIV CONSTAN-TINVS PT AVGG
Reverse description: Emperor (Constantine I) riding to heaven in quadriga, being received by the hand of God.
Reverse mint mark: -/-//TRS
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Icklingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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