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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-D1B998
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Irregular copper alloy nummus of House of Constantine, obverse bust left, perhaps CONSTANTINOPOLIS type, reverse PAX PVBLICA derivative, appropriate to Helena, mintmark illegible, weight 0.58 g, die axis 2 o' clock, AD c.337-48.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 337
Date to: Circa AD 348
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 8th March 2019 - Friday 8th March 2019
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 63182
Other reference: ENMD042019
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: Helena
Primary ruler qualifier: Possibly
Reece period: Period 17 [330-348]
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: PAX PVBLICA [Helena]
Status: Contemporary copy
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Foulsham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0425
Four figure Latitude: 52.78400899
Four figure longitude: 1.02354177
1:25K map: TG0425
1:10K map: TG02NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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