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COIN
Unique ID: HAMP428
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman copper alloy nummus of Galeria Valeria, wife of Galerius and daughter of Diocletian, produced between AD 309 and 310. Reverse: VENERI VICTRICI. Mint of Heraclea. RIC VI, p. 536, no. 43.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 309
Date to: Circa AD 310
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 9th April 2000
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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: Galeria Valeria
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 15 [296-317]
Mint or issue place: Perinthus/Heraclea
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Bust right, diademed and draped
Obverse inscription: GAL VAL-ERIA AVG
Reverse description: Venus standing facing, lead left; right holding up apple, left raising drapery over left shoulder
Reverse inscription: VENERI V-ICTRICI
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: VENERI VICTRICI
Reverse mint mark: - -//HTA
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
To be known as: OXFORDSHIRE CHARLTON ON OTMOOR
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A. | 1930 | Roman Imperial Coinage: Antoninus Pius to Commodus | London | Spink and Son Ltd | p.536 | 43 |
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