Rights Holder: Frank Basford
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Unique ID: IOW-19BAE5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
Notes:
Pietas is the female personification of dutifulness. She is normally draped and holds either a patera (sacrificial dish) and a sceptre or an incense box (as here). In both cases she is sacrificing and an altar is commonly shown at her feet. Pietas appears on coins from the late 2nd century BC until the mid 4th century AD.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 139
Date to: AD 180
Quantity: 1
Weight: 6.99 g
Diameter: 23 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 18th November 2005
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Other reference: IOW2005-193-1
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Marcus Aurelius (as Caesar)
Primary ruler qualifier: Probably
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Obverse description: Bust right
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Pietas standing left sacrificing over an altar
Reverse inscription: Illegible
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
No references cited so far.