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COIN
Unique ID: ESS-B0274E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine dating to the period AD 330-335 (Reece period 17) GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting two soldiers holding two standards.
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: Circa AD 335
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 1.59 g
Diameter: 16 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2016 - Wednesday 23rd August 2017
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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: House of Constantine
Reece period: Period 17 [330-348]
Obverse description: Laureate bust right
Reverse description: Two soldiers standing holding two standards
Reverse inscription: GLOR[IA] EXER[CITVS]
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Fourth Century reverse type: GLORIA EXERCITVS
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
Parish or ward: Creeting St. Mary (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1157
Four figure Latitude: 52.17090175
Four figure longitude: 1.08416029
1:25K map: TM1157
1:10K map: TM15NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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