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Unique ID: WILT-A5F7F3
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Copper alloy nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337), dating to AD 323-4 (Reece Period 16), SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory advancing right. Mint of London. RIC VII, p. 115, no. 289. Diameter 18.5mm, weighs 2.24g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 323
Date to: AD 324
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.24 g
Diameter: 18.5 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st February 2005
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Ruler/issuer: Constantine I
Reece period: Period 16 [317-330]
Mint or issue place: Londinium
Obverse description: Laureate head right
Obverse inscription: CONSTAN - TINVS AVG
Reverse description: Victory advancing right, holding trophy and branch, trampling captive
Reverse inscription: SARMATIA DEVICTA
Fourth Century reverse type: SARMATIA DEVICTA
Reverse mint mark: -/-//PLON crescent
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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