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COIN
Unique ID: WAW-528638
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman coin: copper alloy nummi, possibly copies of the House of Constantine dating to the period AD330 to 335 (Reece Period 17). Reverse type is possibly VRBS ROMA depicting wolf and twins.
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 335
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012 - Friday 31st October 2014
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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]
Obverse description: Bust facing right otherwise the details are unclear.
Obverse inscription: Illegible due to wear and corrosion.
Reverse description: Possibly wolf and twins.
Reverse inscription: No legend.
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Fourth Century reverse type: Wolf and Twins [VRBS ROMA]
Status: Contemporary copy
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3404
Four figure Latitude: 51.73368608
Four figure longitude: -1.50906799
1:25K map: SP3404
1:10K map: SP30SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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