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Nummus of House of Constantine from Preston
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North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, 2012-01-26 13:45:27
Title
Nummus of House of Constantine from Preston
Description
English:

Copper alloy

Coin. Nummus of House of Constantine (306-361), issue of 320-321, Reece period 16

Obverse description: Bust, this side of coin is encrusted and perforated.

Obverse inscription: [---]VG

Reverse description: Two seated captives with standard between them; standard inscribed VOT / XX

Reverse inscription: VIRTVS [EXERCIT]

In exergue: PLG, for Lyons mint first officina.

Cliff Reeves kindly identified this coin, which is chipped on one side.

Diameter: 18.5mm, Weight: 1.32gms, die axis: probably 12.
Depicted place (County of findspot) East Riding of Yorkshire
Date between 317 and 330
Accession number
FindID: 482679
Old ref: NLM-82C4C4
Filename: NLM19038.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/366739
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/366739/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/482679
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Object location53° 45′ 05.4″ N, 0° 12′ 20.1″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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