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COIN

Unique ID: PUBLIC-B685F5

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337), dating to the period AD 323-324 (Reece period 16).
Obverse: CONSTAN-TINVS AG, Helmeted and cuirassed bust left.
Reverse: BEAT TRA-NQLITAS, a globe on altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX, three stars above.

Mint of London: -//PLON.

As RIC VII, p.114, no. 269.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 323
Date to: Circa AD 324

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.97 mm
Weight: 3.5 g
Diameter: 18.66 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 26th September 2016 - Monday 26th September 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: Constantine I
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 16 [317-330]
Mint or issue place: Londinium
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Helmeted and cuirassed bust left
Obverse inscription: CONSTAN-TINVS AG
Reverse description: A globe on altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX, three stars above
Reverse inscription: BEAT TRA-NQLITAS
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Fourth Century reverse type: BEAT TRANQLITAS
Reverse mint mark: -//PLON
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Probably

Coin references

RIC : VII p.114, no. 269

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
To be known as: Huntingdonshire district

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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