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COIN
Unique ID: FASAM-AC22C2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy contemporary copy of a nummus of the House of Constantine - CONSTANTINOPOLIS, Victory standing left - dating to c. AD 330-40 (Reece Period 17). Based on a prototype from Lyon. RIC VII, p. 138, cf. no. 241.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 330
Date to: Circa AD 340
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.94 g
Diameter: 13 mm
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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
Reece period: Period 17 [330-348]
Mint or issue place: Lugdunum
Obverse description: Helmeted bust left
Obverse inscription: (CONSTANTINOPOLIS)
Reverse description: Victory standing left on prow holding spear and shield
Reverse inscription: -
Fourth Century reverse type: Victory left on prow [CONSTANTINOPOLIS]
Reverse mint mark: - // PL(G)
Status: Contemporary copy
Coin references
- RIC : VII p. 138, cf. no. 241
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
District: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Haversham-cum-Little Linford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP8343
Four figure Latitude: 52.07914794
Four figure longitude: -0.79026831
1:25K map: SP8343
1:10K map: SP84SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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