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Nummus of Constantine I from Preston
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North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, 2012-01-26 13:50:44
Title
Nummus of Constantine I from Preston
Description
English:

Copper alloy

Coin. Nummus of Constantine I (306-337), issue of 320-321, Reece period 16.

Obverse description: Helmeted and cuirassed bust right

Obverse inscription: CONSTAN[TINVS] AVG

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

Reverse inscription: [VIRTVS EXERCIT]

Cliff Reeves kindly identified this coin.

Diameter: 18.1mm, Weight: 2.11gms, die axis: 6.

Depicted place (County of findspot) East Riding of Yorkshire
Date between 317 and 330
Accession number
FindID: 482682
Old ref: NLM-82D911
Filename: NLM19039.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
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Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/366743/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/482682
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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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