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COIN
Unique ID: BM-D6C744
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A worn copper-alloy Roman nummus of Theodora (AD 337-341), dating to the period AD 337-340 (Reece period 17). PIETAS ROMANA reverse type depicting Pietas standing holding an infant. Uncertain mint.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 337
Date to: Circa AD 340
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.09 g
Diameter: 14 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 23rd September 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Q3E 16/0940
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Theodora
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 17 [330-348]
Obverse description: Draped bust right
Obverse inscription: [...]AE A[...]
Reverse description: Pietas standing holding an infant
Reverse inscription: [PIETAS ROMANA]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: PIETAS ROMANA [Theodora]
Reverse mint mark: []//[]
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
To be known as: Near Sawtry
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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