2024-03-29T11:51:40+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/rsshttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/atomhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/kmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results11208Cambridgeshire1CountyStruck or hammered15ROMAN1Certain2821164Metal detectorBM42319D.jpg13862017GPS (from the finder)Constantine_the_Great22411432977460981RODistrictCertain410027constantine_iBM147019313Restricted Accessx412182.71treveriHuntingdonshire10627Argenteus2018-03-09T11:54:47ZReturned to finderEasternCirca
A copper-alloy Roman contemporary copy of a nummus or base silver/billon argenteus of Constantine I (AD 306-337), dating to the period c.AD 313 (Reece period 15). VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINCIP(IVM), Two Victories standing facing one another holding a shield inscribed VOT/P R. Prototype of the mint of Trier.
Base silver or billon coins of this type fall into a small group of debased argentei issued by Constantine I, Licinius I, and Maximinus Daia. The Constantine I type is not listed in RIC VI (cf. p. 224) for AD 313, although a similar reduced follis is listed in RIC VII (p. 181, no. 208A) for AD 318-319. Bastien ('L'emission de monnaies de billon de Treves au debut de 313', Numismatica e Antichita Classiche XI, 1982, pp. 271-277) discusses this type and suggests that the issue should be placed in AD 313 contemporary with the other issues of Licinius and Daia (RIC VI, p. 224, nos. 825-826). The current example is plausibly a contemporary copy of the AD 313 Constantinian issue, although cf. RIC VII, p.181, no. 208A.
Andrew BrownConstantine I1093907Huntingdon AreaBM-4247CF888923High crested helmeted and cuirassed bust left, spear across right shoulderVICTORIAE LAETAE PRINCIP(IVM)21RL 17/0414ROMANCOINRestricted Accessfinds-8889233931112834517Trier101BM-42319DComplete313x41218images/aibrown/VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP (or variant)110018531PAS5A842319001DF032018-02-14T11:52:57ZTwo Victories standing facing one another holding a shield inscribed VOT/P RCertainx412182-//PTRContemporary copy2017-07-07T23:00:00Z121For inclusion in British Numismatic Journal ‘Coin Register’CertainROMANCopper alloy41425x29357RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ROMANCertainIMP CONSTA-NTINVS IDistrict Ward2022-07-14T07:14:33.06Z