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COIN
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Dominic Shelley, 2017-03-16 16:20:35
Title
COIN
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A double struck copper-alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine, dating to the period AD 330-361. The initial coin type is of Constantine I (AD 306-337), dating to the period AD 330-335 (Reece period 17) with GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting Two soldiers standing either side of two(?) standards. Mint of Arles. Obverse: CONSTANT[I]-NVS MAX AVG, Diademed and draped(?) bust right. This is overstruck with a contemporary copy of a coin of the House of Constantine (probably Constans or Constantius II), dating to the period AD 355-361 (Reece period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type depicting a Soldier spearing a fallen horseman; Obverse type depicting a diademed and draped bust right. The legends for the overstrike are unclear.

The coin has a very dark green patina, almost brown. Weight: 1.9g Diameter: 18.68mm Thickness 1.41mm.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cambridgeshire
Date between 330 and 348
Accession number
FindID: 825140
Old ref: PUBLIC-CFAD5E
Filename: DoubeStruck.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/607118
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/607118/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
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