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Unique ID: SUSS-1E2085
Object type certainty: Certain
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A copper alloy Roman coin, a contemporary copy of an As of Claudius (AD 41-54), Minerva reverse. Boon plate IV, c.f. 49ff. Reece 2
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. This example is a contemporary copy of those minted at the Iberian Peninsula I, workshop B Mint.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 41
Date to: Circa AD 54
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.13 mm
Weight: 3.22 g
Diameter: 22.86 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 19th July 2005
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Claudius
Primary ruler qualifier: Possibly
Reece period: Period 2 [41-54]
Obverse description: Bust facing left
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Minerva walking right with spear and shield
Reverse inscription: S C
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Status: Contemporary copy
Status qualifier: Certain
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Reece, R. and James, S. | 1986 | Identifying Roman Coins | Seaby | 21 | 9,10 |