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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-FB8481
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy nummus of Crispus, dating to the period AD 324-6 (Reece Period 16). PROVIDENTIACAESS reverse type depicting camp gate with one star above, Trier mint, cf. RIC VII p. 205 no. 451 for general type.
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 326
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.15 g
Diameter: 19 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: Crispus
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 16 [317-330]
Mint or issue place: Trier
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Left facing laureate bust
Obverse inscription: FLIVLCRISPVSNOBCAES
Reverse description: Campgate with one star above
Reverse inscription: PROVIDENTIACAESS
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: PROVIDENTIAE CAESS
Reverse mint mark: STR(dot in crescent
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
District: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Rutland
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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