Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. Contemporary imitation of Arelate mint, AD 325-326. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / VIRTVS AVGG, camp gate with two turrets, open door; star above, [...]A(crescent)RL in exergue. Cf. RIC VII 291; Chapmanslade CHRB X 414 (this coin). 2.86g, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
This coin published in R. Bland, R. Hobbs & J. Williams. "Chapmanslade" in Coin Hoards from Roman Britain, vol. X (London: British Museum Press, 1997);
From the Chapmanslade Hoard.
This hoard was discovered by metal detectorists on 18 January 1993 in Chapmanslade in Wiltshire. It comprised of over 5,000 coins and was found near Chalcot House, the find site of another hoard of late Roman coins discovered in the early 1970s.