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COIN
Unique ID: HAMP430
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Notes:
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Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 304
Date to: AD 305
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 27 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 9th April 2000
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Base Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Ruler/issuer: Maximian I
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Mint or issue place: Antioch (Antakya, Turkey)
Obverse description: Laureate head, right. Draped.
Obverse inscription: GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES
Reverse description: Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over shoulder; right holding patera, left cornucopiae.
Reverse inscription: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Reverse mint mark: Z//ANT.
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: Centred on parish
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. | 1936 | Roman Imperial Coinage: Augustus to Vitellius | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 621 | no. 59b |
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