Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council Archaeology Service
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Unique ID: SF9147
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
Roman Republican silver denarius, 45 BC. Very worn, with strange surface deposits and dark patina.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly 45 BC
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.28 g
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 21st January 2002
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Denomination: Denarius (Roman Republic)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Republic
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 1 [Pre AD 41]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate head of Triumphus, right, with trophy over shoulder
Obverse inscription: TR[IV]M[PVS] below
Reverse description: Wolf, right, placing stick on fire. In front there should be an eagle fanning the flames, but off-centre striking means that this is off the edge of the flan.
Reverse inscription: CELSVS III[VIR] above
Republican moneyer: Papius Celsus, L.
RRC Identifier: RRC 472/1
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
No coin references available.
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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 | p.481 | 472/2 | |
Sydenham, E.A. | 1952 | The Coinage of the Roman Republic | Spink and Son Ltd | 964 |