BH-D1C17B: Roman coin: as of Marcus Aurelius as Augustus

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COIN

Unique ID: BH-D1C17B

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A copper-alloy Roman dupondius of Claudius I (AD 41-54), dating to the period c.AD 41-54 (Reece period 2). CERES AVGVSTA, S C reverse type depicting Ceres veiled and draped, seated left on ornamental throne, holding corn-ears and long torch, S C in exergue. RIC I (2nd ed.), cf. p. 127, no. 94.

Robert Kenyon, following on from the work by the French scholars P-A. Besombes and M. Bompaire (in Trésors Monétaires XXI, 2005), is working through the British examples of Claudian coinage recorded through the PAS assigning many so-called Claudian contemporary copies to Roman auxiliary mints which operated at Lyons (Gaul) and in Spain.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 41
Date to: Circa AD 54

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 7.04 g
Diameter: 24.82 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015 - Thursday 31st December 2015

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Dupondius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Claudius
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 2 [41-54]
Obverse description: Bare head left
Obverse inscription: [...] CAESAR [...]
Reverse description: Ceres veiled and draped, seated left on ornamental throne, holding corn-ears and long torch, S C in exergue.
Reverse inscription: [CERES AVGVSTA, S C]
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Reverse mint mark: -//-
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Possibly

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Streatley (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL0927
Four figure Latitude: 51.93084985
Four figure longitude: -0.4160965
1:25K map: TL0927
1:10K map: TL02NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Created: 3 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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