CAM-F7C3F2: f7c3f2- Contemporary copy of a second century dupondius of Antoninus Pius-

Rights Holder: Cambridgeshire County Council
CC License:

View Zoom Download

Image use policy

Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).

COIN

Unique ID: CAM-F7C3F2

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Contemporary copy of a second century dupondius of Antoninus Pius, unusually cast from lead.

Notes:

Possible Coin of British Association: Possible Copy

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 138
Date to: AD 161

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 8.13 g
Diameter: 23.74 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 17th July 2008

Personal details

This information is restricted for your access level.

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Dupondius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Antoninus Pius
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 7 [138-161]
Obverse description: Radiate head, right
Obverse inscription: ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS [....COS...]
Reverse description: Could be GENIO SENATVS or GENIO POP ROMANI
Reverse inscription: GENI......] SC
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Status: Contemporary copy (cast)
Status qualifier: Certain

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Somersham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL3478
Four figure Latitude: 52.383644
Four figure longitude: -0.032596
1:25K map: TL3478
1:10K map: TL37NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

No references cited so far.

Similar objects

Find number: LIN-992755
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: ROMAN
Dupondius of Antoninus Pius. The appears to be a poorly cast contemporary copy of a type coin of British Association(Bath p.297).
Workflow: Published

Find number: LIN-993F11
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: ROMAN
Dupondius of Antoninus Pius, possibly a contemporary copy (Bath p.323-4).
Workflow: Published

Find number: LIN-991301
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: ROMAN
Dupondius of Antoninus Pius. This coin is a contemporary copy that is part of number of copies of Antoninus Pius dupondi (Bath p323-4).
Workflow: Published

Timeline of associated dates

Report a mistake

Audit data

Recording Institution: CAM
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

Other formats: this page is available as qrcode json xml geojson pdf rdf representations.