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COIN
Unique ID: NARC-B0BEE1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 315
Date to: AD 316
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.1 g
Diameter: 19.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2005
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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: Constantine I
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Mint or issue place: Londinium
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Emperor laureate and cuirassed facing left
Obverse inscription: IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG
Reverse description: Sol standing left, chlamys (short mantle fastened at the shoulder) across left shoulder, raising right hand, globe in left
Reverse inscription: SOL IN[VIC]TO COMITI
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP6457
Four figure Latitude: 52.207516
Four figure longitude: -1.064841
1:25K map: SP6457
1:10K map: SP65NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruun, P.M. | 1966 | The Roman Imperial Coinage: Vol 7. Constantine and Licinius AD 313-337 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 100 | 43 |
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