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COIN

Unique ID: FASAM-B17AC6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Copper alloy nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337), dating to AD 321-4 (Reece Period 16), IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing left holding Victory and sceptre, with eagle to left. Mint of Alexandria. RIC VII, p. 708, no. 27. Coins of Alexandria are rarely found; there is one other piece of this issue on the PAS Database: SWYOR-B494B7.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 321
Date to: Exactly AD 324

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.95 g
Diameter: 20 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2016 - Monday 31st October 2016

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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 I
Reece period: Period 16 [317-330]
Mint or issue place: Alexandria, Egypt
Obverse description: Laureate, draped and cuirassed right
Obverse inscription: IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG
Reverse description: Jupiter standing left holding Victory on globe and sceptre; to left, eagle
Reverse inscription: IOVI CONSERVATORI
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: IOVI CONSERVATORI
Reverse mint mark: - X / - IIΓ // SMALA
Status: Regular

Coin references

RIC : VII p. 708, no. 27

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
District: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Haversham-cum-Little Linford (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP8343
Four figure Latitude: 52.07914794
Four figure longitude: -0.79026831
1:25K map: SP8343
1:10K map: SP84SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: FASAM
Created: 4 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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