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COIN
Unique ID: SF-18800D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete, worn and corroded copper-alloy nummus of Crispus as Caesar, dating to c. AD 321 (Reece period 16). Reverse: BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOTIS XX, three stars above. Mint uncertain due to corrosion.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 321
Date to: Circa AD 321
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.54 g
Diameter: 18.03 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 20th September 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: Crispus
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 16 [317-330]
Obverse description: Helmeted and cuirassed bust left
Obverse inscription: FL CRISP-[VS] IVN N C
Reverse description: Globe on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines, three stars above
Reverse inscription: [BEATA TR]ANQ***ILLI[TAS]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: BEATA TRANQVILLITAS
Reverse mint mark: Illegible
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Thurston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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