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COIN
Unique ID: SF-35344A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy Roman contemporary copy of a nummus, probably of the House of Constantine, dating to the period AD 330-41 (Reece period 17). Probably copying VRBS ROMA/CONSTANTINOPOLIS obverse type and GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type.
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 341
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.91 mm
Weight: 0.95 g
Diameter: 12.37 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st August 2016
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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
Primary ruler qualifier: Probably
Reece period: Period 17 [330-348]
Obverse description: Crude laureate/helmeted bust right
Reverse description: Standing figure with standard/sceptre to either side. Copying GLORIA EXERCITVS perhaps?
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Status: Contemporary copy
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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