HAMP3218: Republican denarius

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COIN

Unique ID: HAMP3218

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Roman Republican silver denarius of the moneyer L. Calpurnius Piso, Rome, 90 BC. Head of Apollo and horseman RRC 340/1 Obverse dies recorded 864, reverse dies recorded 1080

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 90 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.31 g
Diameter: 17.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1995

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Denarius (Roman Republic)
Ruler/issuer: Republic
Reece period: Period 1 [Pre AD 41]
Obverse description: Head of Apollo r., laureate; hair in long ringlets; on l., numeral

Reverse description: Naked horseman galloping r. Above, numeral X
Reverse inscription: [L]. PISO L. F. FRV[GI]

Republican moneyer: Calpurnius Piso Frugi, L.
RRC Identifier: RRC 340/1

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Headbourne Worthy (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU4633
Four figure Latitude: 51.094471
Four figure longitude: -1.344504
1:25K map: SU4633
1:10K map: SU43SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Sydenham, E.A. 1952 The Coinage of the Roman Republic Spink and Son Ltd 98 661 (but reverse inscription is slightly difference)

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Audit data

Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 21 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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