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Description: | Possible 343AD-348AD. Romano-British barbarous imitation of Constantius II or Constans AE4. Length 16.4mm, Width 15.5mm, Thickness 1.6mm, Diameter 16.4mm, Weight 1.7g. Obverse: Bust without drapery right. Inscription: blundered legend (BRIT HAH). Reverse: Seated figure holding a possible sceptre and globe - possibly Roma. Inscription: No legend visible. Mint name: British by provenance. Die Axis: 170 deg. or nearly 6 o'clock. Worn/poorly struck with an attractive dark brown patina and with some surface rusty brown stain/surface deposits. Ref. Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2009, page 79 No. 750, Identifying Roman Coins, Richard Reece & Simon James, Seaby 1986, Reprint 1994, page 31, 36-37 No. 118 and Roman Coins Found in Britain, Adrian Marsden, Greenlight Publishing 2001, page 85-92.
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