Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-CCF931
Object type certainty: Certain
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A copper alloy, incomplete, contemporary copy of a radiate or nummus of probably the House of Constantine (AD 307 - AD 361), dating from probably AD 307 - AD 318 (Reece Period: 15). Reverse type possibly GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, depicting Genius standing facing with corn measure on his head holding cornucopiae or GENIO POP ROM, depicting Genius standing facing with corn measure, cornucopiae. Mint: Unclear. Cf. Reece and James (2000), page 32 - 3, No 65 and 68.
Diameter: 20.2 mm
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 3.9 g
Coin is heavily worn and the depictions on obverse and reverse are crude.
Ref:
Reece, R. and James, S. (2000) Identifying Roman Coins: A practical Guide to the identification of site finds in Britain, Spink, London.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 300
Date to: Circa AD 400
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.2 mm
Width: 2.8 mm
Weight: 3.9 g
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th November 2017 - Friday 17th November 2017
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Radiate or nummus
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Unspecified ruler (contemporary copy)
Primary ruler qualifier: Probably
Reece period: Period 15 [296-317]
Obverse description: Bust left, possibly wearing armour.
Reverse description: figure standing left holding cornucopiae or patera on left, possibly over altar
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Status: Contemporary copy
Status qualifier: Probably
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SJ8606
Four figure Latitude: 52.65154721
Four figure longitude: -2.20837855
1:25K map: SJ8606
1:10K map: SJ80NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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