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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-3E0B37
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy Nummus of Constantine II, dating to AD 324-30 (Reece period 16).
PROVIDENTIAE CAESS reverse type depicting Camp-gate with two turrets. Mint of London. RIC VII, p. 116, no. 295.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 324
Date to: Circa AD 330
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.3 g
Diameter: 20 mm
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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: Constantine II
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Right facing diademed bust
Obverse inscription: CONSTANTINVSIVNNO[BC]
Reverse description: Camp gate with two turrets and one star above.
Reverse inscription: PROVIDENTIAE CAESS
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Reverse mint mark: PLON
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Knapwell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL3360
Four figure Latitude: 52.22215748
Four figure longitude: -0.05438244
1:25K map: TL3360
1:10K map: TL36SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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