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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-A60FFC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A contemporary copy of a Roman copper alloy nummus of the house of Constantine. The reverse type on a regular piece would have been PROVIDENTIAE CAESS with a camp gateway with two towers and star inbetween.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 324
Date to: Circa AD 330
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.68 mm
Weight: 1.16 g
Diameter: 13.56 mm
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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 16 [317-330]
Obverse description: Laureate bust facing right.
Obverse inscription: CONSTAN [...]
Reverse description: A camp gateway with two turrets and a star inbetween.
Reverse inscription: ILLEGIBLE
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Fourth Century reverse type: PROVIDENTIAE AVGG
Status: Contemporary copy (Barbarous radiate)
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Timberland (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF1257
Four figure Latitude: 53.0984583
Four figure longitude: -0.32873615
1:25K map: TF1257
1:10K map: TF15NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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