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COIN
Unique ID: FASAM-C1D5D6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy nummus of Constantius II (AD 337-61), dating to AD 355-61 (Reece Period 18), SPES REI PVBLICE, Emperor standing left, holding globe and spear. Probably Mint of Nicomedia. RIC VIII, p. 482, cf. no. 112. This type is scarce in Britain, and pieces from Eastern mints even rarer.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 355
Date to: Exactly AD 361
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.3 g
Diameter: 16.13 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st October 2015 - Saturday 31st October 2015
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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: Constantius II
Reece period: Period 18 [348-364]
Mint or issue place: Nicomedia
Mint qualifier: Probably
Obverse description: Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed right
Obverse inscription: D N CONSTAN - TIVS P F AVG
Reverse description: Emperor standing left, holding globe and vertical spear
Reverse inscription: SPES REI PVBLICE
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: SPES REI PVBLICE
Reverse mint mark: - // (SMN?)[ ]
Status: Regular
Coin references
- RIC : VIII p. 482, cf. no. 112
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
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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