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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-458F6A
Object type certainty: Certain
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A copper alloy Roman nummus the House of Constantine dating to the period AD 330-331 (Reece period 17). VRBS ROMA, reverse type depicting wolf and twins. Trier mint. RIC, vol. VII, p. 215, no. 529.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 330
Date to: Exactly AD 331
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.7 g
Diameter: 16.17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4913 313a
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
Reece period: Period 17 [330-348]
Mint or issue place: Trier
Obverse description: Helmeted head of Roma
Obverse inscription: VRBS [ROMA]
Reverse description: Wolf and twins
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: Wolf and Twins [VRBS ROMA]
Reverse mint mark: -/-//TR dot P
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
- RIC : VII 529
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Salisbury
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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