Rights Holder: Colchester Museums
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Unique ID: ESS-B4E3F0
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete Roman Republican silver denarius of the moneyer M. Aburius Geminus dating to the period 132 BC (Crawford, M. H. 1974. Roman Republican Coinage, ref. 250). On the obverse is the helmeted head of Roma facing right, with a star in front and the letters GEM behind. The reverse has the sun god Sol in a four-horse chariot with M. ABVRI below and ROMA in the exergue. This is the second oldest Roman coin to have been found in the Colchester area. An issue of M. Iunius dated to 145 BC (ibid, ref. 220/1) was found at Lion Walk during excavations in the early 1970s (Crummy 1987, 84).
Notes:
This coin was recorded before a Finds Liaison Officer was appointed to Essex and the object description is a transcription of the record made at the time. This record was published in Wise, P. 2002. 'Recent finds from Essex reported to Colchester Museums 2001-2', in Essex Archaeology and History 35 (2004), page 224, ref. 1. This coin was acquired by Colchester Museums - Accession Number 2003.150.
Current location of find: Colchester and Ipswich Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by a museum - not a Treasure case
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 132 BC
Quantity: 1
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st December 2002
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Museum accession number: 2003.150
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Denarius (Roman Republic)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Republic
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 1 [Pre AD 41]
Obverse description: The helmeted head of Roma facing right, with a star in front and the letters GEM behind.
Obverse inscription: GEM
Reverse description: The sun god Sol in a four-horse chariot
Reverse inscription: M. ABVRI below and ROMA in the exergue.
Republican moneyer: Aburius Geminus, M.
RRC Identifier: RRC 250/1
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
No coin references available.
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Crawford, M.H. | 1975 | Roman Republican Coinage | Cambridge | Cambridge University Press | 220/1 and 250 | ||
Wise, P.J. | 2004 | Recent finds from Essex: Report to Colchester museums 2001-2 | The Society at the Museum in the Castle | 224 | 1 |