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COIN
Unique ID: GLO-741206
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver siliqua of Valens 367-375 (Period 19)
Obverse: diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right DN VALEN-S PF AVG,
Reverse: Roma seated left, holding Victory & sceptre VRBS ROMA in ex TRPS
RIC 27e
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 367
Date to: Circa AD 375
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.99 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st July 2016 - Monday 1st August 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Siliqua
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Valens
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 19 [364-378]
Mint or issue place: Trier
Obverse description: diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Obverse inscription: DN VALEN-S PF AVG
Reverse description: Roma seated left, holding Victory & sceptre
Reverse inscription: VRBS ROMA
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Reverse mint mark: --//TRPS dot
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
District: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Tortworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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