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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-81469D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Roman nummus, contemporary copy of the House of Constantine dating to the period AD 341-348 (Reece period 17). VICTORIAE DD AVGG QNN, reverse type depicting two Victories facing one another, each with wreath. Trier mint.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 341
Date to: Circa AD 348
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.01 g
Diameter: 13.31 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4939 307a
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
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust facing right
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Two Victories facing one another, each with wreath
Reverse inscription: [VICTORIAE DD AVGG QNN]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN
Reverse mint mark: branch//[T]RP dot
Status: Contemporary copy
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
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.
References cited
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