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COIN
Unique ID: HAMP3394
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: 57 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.51 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st May 2001
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Materials and construction
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Roman Republic)
Ruler/issuer: Republic
Reece period: Period 1 [Pre AD 41]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Head of Flora r., with wreath of flowers, wearing cruciform ear-ring and necklace of pendants; hair in knot; jewels in hair, string of pearls at back. On l., lituus
Obverse inscription: FLORA . PRIMVS
Reverse description: Two soldiers standing facing each other, armed with shields and short swords, upright, with hilts touching; the boss of shield held by soldier on r. is sometimes decorated with a star
Reverse inscription: C. F (in field r.) C. SERVEIL (in exergue)
Republican moneyer: Servilius, C.
RRC Identifier: RRC 423/1
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Winchester
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford, M.H. | 1975 | Roman Republican Coinage | Cambridge | Cambridge University Press | no. 423/1 |
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