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COIN
Unique ID: ESS-FA28C3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper-alloy, possibly silvered and clipped Roman nummus of House Constantine, minted c. AD335-341. Reece period 17. GLORIA EXERTICVS reverse with two soldiers and one standard. Mint unknown
Notes:
Finder notes that there were three coins found within the immediate are of one another: ESS-FA28C3, ESS-FA98F3, ESS-FB23EB
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 335
Date to: Circa AD 341
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 12.8 mm
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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: House of Constantine
Reece period: Period 17 [330-348]
Obverse description: Laureate bust right
Obverse inscription: CONS[...]
Reverse description: Two soldiers and one standard
Reverse inscription: illegible
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Fourth Century reverse type: GLORIA EXERCITVS
Reverse mint mark: unknown
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Maulden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL0536
Four figure Latitude: 52.01250581
Four figure longitude: -0.47150054
1:25K map: TL0536
1:10K map: TL03NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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