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COIN
Unique ID: HAMP-50181B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Roman nummus of the House of Constantine, VRBS ROMA issue depicting a She-wolf suckling twins, two stars above, dating to the period AD 330-335 (Reece period 17). Mint of Lyon.
Reference: LRBC 200
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Hampshire Cultural Trust (Winchester Collections)
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by a museum - not a Treasure case
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 330
Date to: Circa AD 335
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.09 g
Diameter: 15.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 1987 - Monday 31st December 1990
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Winchester Collections AY 568
Museum accession number: WINCM: AY 568.1969
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: House of Constantine
Reece period: Period 17 [330-348]
Mint or issue place: Lugdunum
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Helmeted bust left.
Obverse inscription: VRBS [R]OMA
Reverse description: She-wolf suckling twins, two stars above.
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: Wolf and Twins [VRBS ROMA]
Reverse mint mark: - // (crescent and pellet) SLG
Status: Regular
Coin references
- LRBC : 200
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Tichborne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5627
Four figure Latitude: 51.03963623
Four figure longitude: -1.20264646
1:25K map: SU5627
1:10K map: SU52NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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